The Temptation Of Jesus In The Gospel Of Mark

The Gospel of Mark starts off a little different than Matthew. Matthew has somewhat of a lengthy introduction, but Mark is the exact opposite. Mark’s Gospel doesn’t give a very detailed version of the birth of Christ, or the things that preceded it. It gives a very basic intro of John the Baptist and his testimony. There is a very limited account of Jesus’ baptism and the temptation that followed. Matthew’s Gospel gives a very detailed account of these events. Mark’s introduction only has fourteen verses. He skipped the first thirty years of his life, and went straight into writing about the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. Mark begins his Gospel with “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” It’s not referred to as the Gospel of the Kingdom as it is in Matthew. Marks eliminated most of Jesus’ early life. There are several things that Mark didn’t write about in his Gospel. For instance, there is no mention of the Sermon on the Mount in Mark, but Matthew devoted three chapters to it. This sermon in Matthew describes and establishes the laws of the His Kingdom, but Mark presents Christ in a different light in his Gospel. He presents Jesus as the perfect Servant. Servants have no kingdoms, and this may be why Mark eliminates the Sermon on the Mount. This would be an appropriate reason that Mark would not
Mark only tells four parables and Matthew tells about fifteen. Mark says nothing about the Householder. It’s different in Mark because he says nothing about the householder hiring laborers, instead he shows Christ in a position of laborer. He also omitted the parable of the Talents. According to Mark’s theme of servant, Jesus doesn’t give talents or reward for them. Mark also never says anything about Christ’s command over the angels. He doesn’t acknowledge Jesus’ right to send them forth. Instead here in Mark’s Gospel he shows the angels ministering to