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Mark is a gospel. First gospel or not, Mark is surely the only New Testament book which calls itself a gospel. "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" is the title of this work, and its self-designation ought to shape any interpretation which respects the text. "Gospel" can signify a literary genre, or a particular theological message, or a canonical writing normative in...

text together, and the unit is in fact defined as 10:17–27 in many versions of the common lectionary. Jesus’ addressing his disciples as “children” is reminiscent of his teaching about children and the Kingdom of God in the preceding paragraph, even though a different Greek word is used. The relationship between 10:13–16 and 10:17–27 is one of contrast. The principle has been established (10:15) that one must receive the kingdom like a child. In 10:17–22, not only the rich man’s question but also
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