Mark 2:13-17

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This paper explains that Mark is the second Gospel in the New Testament, the shortest of the four Gospels, and the first to be written. The author points out that this book, which was likely composed between AD 65-70, after Peter and Paul died, was probably written in Rome for a Gentile audience. The paper relates that Mark's Gospel is known as the Gospel of Action because it records the eighteen miracles Christ performed, many of which are also described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

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"Mark is the second Gospel in the New Testament, the shortest of the four Gospels, and also the first to be written. The book was likely composed between AD 65-70, after Peter and Paul died. It was probably written in Rome for a Gentile audience. Mark's Gospel is known as the "Gospel of Action" because it records the eighteen miracles Christ performed, many of which are also described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. I have selected for exegesis one particular passage, Mark 2:13-17. Within Chapter 2 of Mark, there is no delineation of time, so the events would appear to have occurred on the same day that Jesus forgave and healed the paralytic (2:1-12). This event and the event of 2:12-17 take place in Capernaum while large crowds follow Jesus. Jesus calls Levi, the tax collector, to follow him -- and he does. "

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