A schedule for reading the Gospel of Mark in just over a month
Daily Readings in the Gospel of Mark
| A | 1:1–6:29 | Jesus begins his ministry |
| 1 | ☐ 1:1–20 | John the Baptist & the first followers |
| 2 | ☐ 1:21–39 | Healing and casting out demons |
| 3 | ☐ 1:40–2:12 | Two amazing healings |
| 4 | ☐ 2:13–22 | Conflict with Pharisees |
| 5 | ☐ 2:23–3:6 | Healings on the Sabbath |
| 6 | ☐ 3:7–19 | 12 disciples chosen so they could be sent out |
| 7 | ☐ 3:20–35 | Hostility from religious leaders & family |
| 8 | ☐ 4:1–20 | Parable of the sower |
| 9 | ☐ 4:21–34 | Three more parables |
| 10 | ☐ 4:35–5:20 | Displays of power |
| 11 | ☐ 5:21–43 | Power to heal and raise the dead |
| 12 | ☐ 6:1–29 | Disciples sent, & John the Baptist dies |
| B | 6:30–8:21 | Jesus goes beyond Moses, but they don’t understand |
| 13 | ☐ 6:30–56 | Jesus feeds 5000 & walks on water |
| 14 | ☐ 7:1–23 | Jesus’s commandments supersede Moses |
| 15 | ☐ 7:24–37 | Goes to the Gentiles and does miracles |
| 16 | ☐ 8:1–21 | Jesus feeds 4000, but the disciples are blind |
| C | 8:22–10:52 | Physical & spiritual blindness & sight |
| 17 | ☐ 8:22–9:1 | Blindness and Sight |
| 18 | ☐ 9:2–29 | Transfiguration & demon-possessed boy |
| 19 | ☐ 9:30–50 | Radical Kingdom teaching |
| 20 | ☐ 10:1–31 | The cost of the Kingdom |
| 21 | ☐ 10:32–52 | Blindness and Sight |
| D | 11:1–13:37 | Jesus visits the Temple, predicting that he’ll replace it |
| 22 | ☐ 11:1–26 | Jesus comes to the temple and finds no fruit |
| 23 | ☐ 11:27–12:12 | Parable of the fruitless vineyard. Jesus is the true cornerstone |
| 24 | ☐ 12:13–27 | Two attempts to trap Jesus with words |
| 25 | ☐ 12:28–44 | Jesus responds, pointing out some good fruit |
| 26 | ☐ 13 | Destruction is coming to the Temple, so stay alert! |
| E | 14:1–16:8 | Truly this man is the Son of God |
| 27 | ☐ 14:1–9 | A woman comes to anoint Jesus |
| 28 | ☐ 14:10–31 | Last supper, and betrayal |
| 29 | ☐ 14:32–52 | Prayer and betrayal in Gethsemane |
| 30 | ☐ 14:53–72 | Jesus is tried and Peter denies him |
| 31 | ☐ 15:1–20 | Jesus is tried by Pilate |
| 32 | ☐ 15:21–41 | Jesus is crucified and a centurion believes |
| 33 | ☐ 15:42–16:8 | Women come to anoint Jesus, but he has been raised from the dead |
| 34 | ☐ 16:9–20 | Epilogue |