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The Gospel of Mark is widely regarded today as the first Gospel to be written. Until recent decades, its fast-paced, seemingly straightforward presentation led most readers to overlook its subtle theological sophistication. Probing its depths, Ronald Kernaghan invites readers into a fascinating exploration of Mark’s Gospel as a parable, an open-ended story that invites us on a lifelong journey...

interwoven with the story of the events in the temple. In 11:11 Jesus inspected the temple and left. In 11:12–14 he cursed the fig tree. In 11:15–19 he drove out the people who trafficked in sacrifices and taught the crowd, as his opponents sought to kill him. Then in 11:20–25 he returned to the fig tree on his way back to the temple and used its withered remains as an occasion to teach about faith and forgiveness. This narrative technique is called intercalation or sandwiching, and Mark uses it
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