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Understood today as the first written gospel, Mark seems to be the most direct and straightforward account of Jesus’ life. In his verse-by-verse commentary, Ralph P. Martin brings out the power of this eminently practical and persuasive Gospel. Martin emphasizes how Mark’s Gospel is a story of action—as encouraging and compelling today as when it was written.

The Twelve have been sent out on a mission and have returned. If we place in parallel columns the account in Luke 10:17–20 which reports the success the apostles had scored in their preaching and healing tour, we can see how disturbed Jesus was at their elation. Flushed with success, they were beginning to prepare for the immediate appearing of a glorious kingdom that Jesus would usher in. Their hopes were again raised when, after a period of retreat where no doubt
Mark 6:30–46
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