1. Mark begins with a quotation from Isaiah, the Old Testament prophet, and John the Baptist, who prophesied the coming of the Messiah. In addition, the beginning of Mark includes the baptism and the temptation of Jesus.
2. Jesus calls Simon Peter and his brother Andrew to follow Him for ministry along with the other ten disciples. Jesus starts performing miracles during this section of the book known as His Galilean Ministry.
3. Miracle of feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread and two fish. This chapter also describes the miracle of Jesus walking on water, Peter's confession that Jesus is the Messiah, and the transfiguration. Jesus then predicts His death and resurrection.
4. Jesus then goes to Judea.. There, He teaches on many subjects, performs the miracle of restoring sight to a blind man that shows faith and again predicts His death and resurrection to His disciples.
5. In Jerusalem, Jesus teaches many lessons through answering questions, telling parables and giving warnings to people. Mark then tells of the Lord's Supper. Jesus is then arrested, tried and crucified on the cross. The last section of Mark details the account of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the tomb.
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