Mark ignores the birth of baby Jesus and begins with Jesus' adult teachings.
Mark has some references to Old Testament prophesy, but not nearly as much Matthew did. I wonder if Mark was writing to the non-Jews?
After talking about John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus, Mark plows straight into the Good News.
He repeats many of the stories of Matthew, with some other details. He tells of Jesus' parables, but not as many as Matthew. He seems to focus more on the healings, of the interactions with outsiders, and of Jesus saying, Your faith has healed you.
Mark names three women by name at Jesus crucifixion and resurrection, instead of Mary, Mary and the others. Mark names Mary, Mary, Salome and many other women.
Mark has some extra verses (Chapter 16, Verses 9-20 that my Bible said some earliest manuscripts and some other ancient witnessed do no include). These verses talk about how Mary Magdalene came to follow Jesus. They tell how Jesus appeared to Mary and then to two of them (Does this mean two women?) before he appeared to the disciples. When all these people told the disciples about what they saw, the eleven did not believe...not until Jesus came to them, rebuked them for not believing and then gave them orders to, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation...
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