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| Throughout the gospel of Mk, the author asks the reader two questions, _____ and _____. | Who is this person?; Will you follow? |
| The hidden answers in Mk's gospel are known together as the _____ secret. | Messianic |
| Prior to Part I of Mk's gospel is the _____. | Prologue |
| What chapter and verses comprise the prologue of Mk's gospel? | Mk 1:1-13 |
| What chapters and verses comprise Part I of Mk's gospel? | Mk 1:14-8:26 |
| In Part I of Mk's gospel, Jesus proclaims, "The Kingdom of God is at hand. _____, and believe in the Gospel." | Repent |
| Jesus' public ministry was launched by his _____ by John in the Jordan. | Baptism |
| In Mk's gospel, John the Baptist brings to mind the Old Testament prophet, _____. | Elijah |
| At Jesus baptism in Mk's gospel, a voice from heaven says, "You are my beloved _____, with you I am well pleased. | Son |
| The prologue of Mk's gospel ends with Jesus' symbolic _____-day retreat in the desert, where he is tested by Satan. | Forty |
| Jesus did something unheard of in his day, gathering _____ so they could learn from him. | Disciples |
| Jesus' first major teaching, in Mk 2:1-3:6, involves five _____ or controversies. | Conflicts |
| One conflict occurred when Jesus claimed he could forgive sins; this was considered _____ because, for Jews, only God could forgive sins. | Blasphemy |
| One conflict occurred when Jesus associated with _____, something done ordinarily done by respectable and holy people. | Outcasts |
| Jesus defended his practice of associating with outcasts by saying that the Kingdom of God _____, not _____. | Includes, Excludes |
| One conflict occurred when Jesus did not _____ according to the strict obligations of the Jewish Law. | Fast |
| Jesus defended his practice of not fasting by saying that his time on earth called for _____ and celebration, not penance, as would be signified by fasting. | Rejoicing |
| Two conflicts which occurred involved the _____; eating on the this day and healing on it. | Sabbath |
| Mk's gospel says that after Jesus healed on the Sabbath, "The _____ went out and immediately took counsel with the _____ against him to put him to death" (Mk 3:6) . | Pharisess, Herodians |
| Through the four parables about the K of G in Mk's gospel, Mk has Jesus teach that the K of G is a _____. | Mystery |
