| To start this here Messiah note, | Mk 1:1 |
| Look back to what Isaiah wrote. | Mk 1:2 |
| "I'll send my messenger to say, | Mk 1:2-3 |
| 'Prepare your hearts, God comes this way.'" | Mk 1:3 |
| Well that was John, who advertised | Mk 1:4 |
| Repentence and to be baptized. | Mk 1:4-5 |
| But he was clear, "The time is nigh, | Mk 1:7 |
| There comes one mightier than I. | Mk 1:7 |
| Into the water I put you, | Mk 1:8 |
| But with the Spirit, he'll imbue." | Mk 1:8 |
| Then Jesus came, and in he goes, | Mk 1:9 |
| Then heaven opened as he rose. | Mk 1:10 |
| From heaven came a voice with might, | Mk 1:11 |
| "I love you, Son, in you delight". | Mk 1:11 |
| Then sent out to the wilderness, | Mk 1:12 |
| Was tempted and he passed the test. | Mk 1:13 |
| "God's kingdom is at hand," he said. | Mk 1:15 |
| "I'll make you fish for men instead." | Mk 1:17 |
| He gathered followers to teach. | Mk 1:16-20 |
| Went to the synagogue to preach. | Mk 1:21 |
| He taught with such authority. | Mk 1:22 |
| He made an unclean spirit flee. | Mk 1:23-26 |
| He fixed a fever, then healed more. | Mk 1:30-34 |
| The city gathered at their door. | Mk 1:33 |
| Then early, 'fore the break of day, | Mk 1:35 |
| He left the house alone to pray. | Mk 1:35 |
| Told Simon, then, when he was found, | Mk 1:36-37 |
| "Let's spread the news to other towns." | Mk 1:38 |
| There came a man with leprosy | Mk 1:40 |
| Who begged for help on bended knee. | Mk 1:40 |
| "Please will you end my quarantine?" | Mk 1:40 |
| "I will," said Jesus, then, "Be clean." | Mk 1:41-42 |
| He healed a paralytic man. | Mk 2:1-12 |
| Forgave his sins, "because I can". | Mk 2:10 |
| Reclined by Matthew's dinner plate, | Mk 2:13-15 |
| One asked why he with sinners ate. | Mk 2:16 |
| "Who needs a doctor," he asked quick. | Mk 2:17 |
| "It's not the healthy, but the sick." | Mk 2:17 |
| Then, "Why don't your disciples fast?" | Mk 2:18 |
| "They're with the bridegroom at long last." | Mk 2:19 |
| "Why break the Sabbath as you do?" | Mk 2:23-24 |
| "Because I'm Lord of Sabbath too." | Mk 2:25-28 |
| So then a man with withered hand | Mk 3:1 |
| Was healed as Jesus's command. | Mk 3:2-5 |
| The Pharisees, now, quite annoyed | Mk 3:6 |
| Decided he must be destroyed. | Mk 3:6 |
| Then to the seaside he withdrew. | Mk 3:7 |
| The crowd that followed grew and grew. | Mk 3:7-9 |
| Then twelve he chose with him to be, | Mk 3:13-19 |
| To preach and have authority. | Mk 3:14-15 |
| Some said he's crazy or possessed. | Mk 3:21-22 |
| Their blasphemy he did protest. | Mk 3:28-30 |
| His family's those who do God's will. | Mk 3:31-35 |
| Be seeds in soil that God tilled. | Mk 4:1-20 |
| God's light is truth that must be shown. | Mk 4:21-23 |
| His ways are bursting to be known. | Mk 4:24-32 |
| Then with his crew out on a boat, | Mk 4:35-36 |
| Concerned they wouldn't stay afloat, | Mk 4:37-38 |
| While Jesus slept, disciples cry | Mk 4:38 |
| "Do you not care? We're gonna die!" | Mk 4:38 |
| So Jesus woke and calmed the squall. | Mk 4:39 |
| Said, "Really? Have you faith at all?" | Mk 4:40 |
| A man whom evil spirit dooms | Mk 5:1-5 |
| Was forced to live out in the tombs. | Mk 5:3 |
| The demon shrieked as Jesus came. | Mk 5:6-7 |
| Christ cast it out and asked its name. | Mk 5:8-9 |
| Christ told the man, healed through and through. | Mk 5:18-19 |
| "Go tell what God has done for you." | Mk 5:19 |
| A woman who had suffered much | Mk 5:25-26 |
| Thought she'd be cured with just one touch. | Mk 5:27-28 |
| Said Christ, once power was released, | Mk 5:30-33 |
| "Your faith has healed you, go in peace." | Mk 5:34 |
| A man fell at his feet to plead, | Mk 5:22-23 |
| "My daughter's sick, it's you we need." | Mk 5:23 |
| Then someone came from up ahead. | Mk 5:35 |
| "It is too late, your daughter's dead." | Mk 5:35 |
| "Don't let fear make you misconceive." | Mk 5:36 |
| Yeshua told him, "Just believe." | Mk 5:36 |
| They met the mourners on the path. | Mk 5:38 |
| "She's just asleep," but they all laughed. | Mk 5:39-40 |
| He took the child by the hand. | Mk 5:41 |
| "Young girl, I say to you now, stand." | Mk 5:41 |
| He taught in his own country hence. | Mk 6:1-2 |
| Astonished, still they took offense. | Mk 6:2-3 |
| "A prophet may have world-renown, | Mk 6:4 |
| but honor, none in his hometown." | Mk 6:4 |
| He sent the twelve out two by two. | Mk 6:7 |
| Commanded them on what to do. | Mk 6:7-11 |
| "Take just the clothes upon your back. | Mk 6:8-9 |
| Do not take money or a snack." | Mk 6:8 |
| So to the other towns he went. | Mk 6:12 |
| They healed and told the crowds, "Repent!" | Mk 6:12-13 |
| Then Herod, paranoid with guilt, | Mk 6:14 |
| About a man whose blood he'd spilt. | Mk 6:16-28 |
| He feared John, but cut off his head. | Mk 6:20-28 |
| Now feared he'd come back from the dead. | Mk 6:17 |
| The twelve returned, then, from their quest. | Mk 6:30 |
| Christ said, "Let's go and get some rest." | Mk 6:31 |
| The crowd, though, found them, thousands deep. | Mk 6:33 |
| To the Great Shepherd came the sheep. | Mk 6:34 |
| So Jesus taught the multitude. | Mk 6:34 |
| Told his disciples, "Get them food." | Mk 6:37 |
| "That'd cost two hundred denarii." | Mk 6:37 |
| "Well what food have you? Go and see." | Mk 6:38 |
| They had about enough for ten, | Mk 6:38 |
| But there were 'round five thousand men. | Mk 6:44 |
| He looked to heaven. Broke the loaves. | Mk 6:41 |
| They multiplied and fed the droves. | Mk 6:42-43 |
| He made the twelve then sail away | Mk 6:45 |
| While he went up the hill to pray. | Mk 6:46 |
| Then in the middle of the night | Mk 6:47-48 |
| Thye say him and had quite a fright. | Mk 6:49-50 |
| For he was walking on the sea. | Mk 6:48-49 |
| "Fear not you guys," he said, "It's me." | Mk 6:50 |
| They were amazed. Now understood. | Mk 6:51-52 |
| Then Jesus went on doing good. | Mk 6:53-56 |
| Asked why they ate with unwashed hands - | Mk 7:1-5 |
| "You love men's rules, not God's commands." | Mk 7:6-13 |
| "Such things are not what sin's about. | Mk 7:14-15 |
| Not what goes in, but what comes out. | Mk 7:15 |
| What comes out comes out from the heart, | Mk 7:12-20 |
| In actions which they then take part. | Mk 7:21-23 |
| He healed a Gentile girl and man. | Mk 7:24-37 |
| He multiplied the food again. | Mk 8:1-9 |
| The Pharisees came to dispute. | Mk 8:11 |
| Christ shut them down, was resolute. | Mk 8:12 |
| "Beware their faithless yeast," he said. | Mk 8:15 |
| Disciples thought he meant the bread. | Mk 8:16 |
| "You've been beside me, seen first hand. | Mk 8:17-20 |
| How do you still not understand?" | Mk 8:21 |
| He touched a blind man, made him well. | Mk 8:22-25 |
| Sent him back home, said not to tell. | Mk 8:26 |
| Near Cesearea Philippi, | Mk 8:27 |
| "What say the people, who am I?" | Mk 8:27 |
| "Elijah, John, the prophets too." | Mk 8:28 |
| So then he asked, "Well what say you?" | Mk 8:29 |
| "We know you're the Anointed One." | Mk 8:30 |
| Then Christ explained what must be done. | Mk 8:31 |
| "I'll be rejected, then be killed. | Mk 8:31 |
| I'll rise," but Peter wasn't thrilled. | Mk 8:31-32 |
| Rebuking Christ he said, "No way!" | Mk 8:32 |
| "You're filled with Satan. Get away!" | Mk 8:33 |
| You cannot serve the Father when | Mk 8:33 |
| You have in mind the things of men. | Mk 8:33 |
| "Disown yourself, my path to take. | Mk 8:34 |
| To save your soul, lose for my sake. | Mk 8:35 |
| Salvation, child, you cannot earn. | Mk 8:37 |
| Call now, I'll call on my return." | Mk 8:38 |
| Then Jesus, Peter, John and James | Mk 9:2 |
| Went up a mountain, where proclaims | Mk 9:2 |
| The Father, his voice in a cloud, | Mk 9:7 |
| "I love my son," they heard aloud. | Mk 9:7 |
| His clothes took on a dazzling sheen, | Mk 9:3 |
| The whitest white they'd ever seen. | Mk 9:3 |
| "Now hear him," said the voice revered. | Mk 9:7 |
| Then suddenly it disappeared. | Mk 9:8 |
| While walking down then Jesus said, | Mk 9:9 |
| "Don't tell till I rise from the dead." | Mk 9:9 |
| They came upon a crowd distresed | Mk 9:14 |
| About a boy who was possessed. | Mk 9:17-18 |
| "Please," begged the father, "cast it out." | Mk 9:22 |
| First Jesus focused on his doubt. | Mk 9:23 |
| "I do believe," he cried through grief, | Mk 9:24 |
| "Help overcome my unbelief." | Mk 9:25 |
| They left and went through Galilee. | Mk 9:30 |
| Then Jesus taught them privately. | Mk 9:30-31 |
| "The Son of Man will be betrayed, | Mk 9:31 |
| Be killed and rise." They were afraid. | Mk 9:31-32 |
| Then in Capernaum Jesus heard | Mk 9:33 |
| Them arguing. Said, "What's the word?" | Mk 9:33 |
| They'd argued, though no one confessed, | Mk 9:34 |
| Of who amoung them was the best. | Mk 9:34 |
| "To come in first, put yourself last. | Mk 9:35 |
| As servant of mankind be cast." | Mk 9:35 |
| "To serve a child is to serve God. | Mk 9:36-37 |
| Whoever serves mine, I'll applaud." | Mk 9:38-41 |
| "What causes sin in you, cut out. | Mk 9:43-48 |
| Stay useful, peaceful, pure, devout." | Mk 9:49-58 |
| Asked 'bout a loophole on divorce - | Mk 10:2 |
| "Go back to the initial source. | Mk 10:6 |
| What God has joined, don't rip apart. | Mk 10:7-9 |
| Let go the hardness of your heart." | Mk 10:5 |
| As children do, accept God's reign. | Mk 10:13-17 |
| In time, all worldly wealth is vain. | Mk 10:18-27 |
| "What you give up for me, behold: | Mk 10:29 |
| You will get back a hundredfold." | Mk 10:30 |
| His death, again, he told the twelve. | Mk 10:32-34 |
| But they just fought amongst themselves. | Mk 10:35-41 |
| "You know of state authority. | Mk 10:42 |
| Pow'r doesn't work the same with me. | Mk 10:43 |
| I am a ransom - why I came. | Mk 10:45 |
| See how I serve and do the same." | Mk 10:43-45 |
| Against the crowds a blind man braved. | Mk 10:46-51 |
| "Go. By your faith you have been saved." | Mk 10:52 |
| He rode into Jerusalem. | Mk 11:1-7 |
| "Hosanna!" cried those hailing him. | Mk 11:8-10 |
| The temple, then, he walked into. | Mk 11:15 |
| The vendors' tables overthrew. | Mk 11:15 |
| "A house of prayer this should have been. | Mk 11:17 |
| You've turned it to a robber's den." | Mk 11:17 |
| He cursed a fig tree, then explained | Mk 11:12-14,20-21 |
| By prayer all things can be attained. | Mk 11:22-24 |
| The chief priests tried to set a trap. | Mk 11:27-28 |
| He turned it 'round and trapped them back. | Mk 11:29-33 |
| A parable about a farm, | Mk 12:1-9 |
| 'bout broken trust and brutal harm | Mk 12:1-9 |
| Showed priestly cuplability | Mk 12:1-12 |
| for failed responsibility. | Mk 12:1-12 |
| For God Himself they had disowned. | Mk 12:10 |
| Rejected, then, His cornerstone. | Mk 12:10 |
| To inquiry nefarious | Mk 12:13-15 |
| Chirst held up a denarius. | Mk 12:15-17 |
| "Give Caesar that which has his face. | Mk 12:16-17 |
| Give God the things he put in place." | Mk 12:17 |
| The Sadducees said, "How 'bout this?" | Mk 12:18-23 |
| Christ showed them how they were amiss. | Mk 12:24-27 |
| "Which is the best command we'll find?" | Mk 12:28 |
| "Love God with heart, soul, strength, and mind." | Mk 12:29-31 |
| "Beware conceited scribes, whereas | Mk 12:38-40 |
| The widow there gave all she has." | Mk 12:41-44 |
| "All man's construciton will not last." | Mk 13:1-2 |
| "Please tell us when these things will pass." | Mk 13:3-4 |
| "Don't know exactly. There'll be signs. | Mk 13:28-33 |
| Like famines, earthquakes, troubled times. | Mk 13:7-8 |
| There will be wars. You'll be attacked. | Mk 13:7-9 |
| Don't let betrayals make you retract. | Mk 13:12-13 |
| When led to rulers, don't dismay. | Mk 13:9-11 |
| Your God will give you what to say. | Mk 13:11 |
| When blasphemy hits its apex. | Mk 13:14 |
| Unmatched oppression will come next. | Mk 13:15-20 |
| Don't heed the false christs in the crowds. | Mk 13:21-23 |
| I'll come with glory in the clouds. | Mk 13:26 |
| I've told you. Take heed not to botch. | Mk 13:23,28-30 |
| I say to all - Be ready. Watch." | Mk 13:33,37 |
| A woman that some thought bizarre | Mk 14:3-5 |
| She broke an alabaster jar. | Mk 14:3 |
| She poured the oil on his head. | Mk 14:3 |
| "It's my embalming," Jesus said. | Mk 14:8 |
| Then Judas went with treason mad | Mk 14:10 |
| Which made the chief priests very glad. | Mk 14:11 |
| Meanwhile disciples went to meet | Mk 14:12-13 |
| Preparing for a place to eat. | Mk 14:12-14 |
| They went and found the upper room | Mk 14:15-16 |
| Where they'd eat the last supper soon. | Mk 14:16-17 |
| He broke the bread and poured the wine. | Mk 14:22-23 |
| "Take in this flesh and blood of mine." | Mk 14:22-24 |
| "Tonight you'll stumble, might be dazed. | Mk 14:27 |
| I'll see you after I am raised." | Mk 14:28 |
| Said Peter, "They might fail. Not me." | Mk 14:29 |
| "You'll fail me not one time, but three." | Mk 14:30 |
| "No. Even if I have to die, | Mk 14:31 |
| There's no way that you I'll deny." | Mk 14:31 |
| Then Jesus, troubled, went to pray. | Mk 14:32-34 |
| He asked his men to watch and stay. | Mk 14:32-34 |
| He went ahead, fell to his knees. | Mk 14:35 |
| "Abba, don't make me do this please. | Mk 14:35-36 |
| You can do all things, even now. | Mk 14:36 |
| Not what I will," he said, "but Thou." | Mk 14:36 |
| Asleep he found that recent vower. | Mk 14:37 |
| "Could you not watch for just one hour?" | Mk 14:37 |
| Went two more times to pray, then done, | Mk 14:39-41 |
| Woke them again. "The time has come." | Mk 14:41-42 |
| "Hi Rabbi," Judas nicely feigned. | Mk 14:45 |
| ID'd, now Jesus was detained. | Mk 14:46 |
| "You've come with swords like I'm a thief. | Mk 14:48 |
| But all this to fulfill the brief." | Mk 14:49 |
| Before the council testified | Mk 14:55-59 |
| Collective witnesses who lied. | Mk 14:55-59 |
| "Are you the Christ, Son of the Blessed?" | Mk 14:61 |
| The chief priest asked. He answered yes. | Mk 14:61-62 |
| "That's blasphemy! Now he must die." | Mk 14:63-64 |
| They struck him and said "Prophesy!" | Mk 14:65 |
| A maid saw Peter standing, fraught. | Mk 14:66-70 |
| Said, "You are with him." "No I'm not." | Mk 67-70 |
| "You talk like him. You're in his pod." | Mk 14:70 |
| "I don't know him. I swear to God!" | Mk 14:71 |
| To Pilate, Jesus they did bring. | Mk 15:1 |
| "Well," Pilate asked, "are you their king?" | Mk 15:2 |
| "So you say," he answered short, | Mk 15:2 |
| And that would be his last retort. | Mk 15:3-5 |
| So Pilate trotted Jesus out. | Mk 15:6-12 |
| "Now crucify," the crowd did shout. | Mk 15:13 |
| "Crucify? Why, for what crime?" | Mk 15:14 |
| They shouted louder yet this time. | Mk 15:14 |
| They mocked and beat him, then they hung | Mk 15:15-24 |
| Him on the cross, and insults flung. | Mk 15:29-32 |
| Three hours darkness filled the sky. | Mk 15:33 |
| "You have forsaken me God. Why?" | Mk 15:34 |
| Then as his final breath he drew, | Mk 15:37 |
| The temple curtain tore in two. | Mk 15:38 |
| So then a man well-known in town, | Mk 15:43 |
| He asked to take the body down. | Mk 15:43 |
| Laid Jesus in the tomb he owned | Mk 15:45-46 |
| And closed the entrance with a stone. | Mk 15:46 |
| Three women, once the Sabbath passed, | Mk 16:1-2 |
| Went to the tomb, were flabbergast. | Mk 16:1-5 |
| Because the giant stone was rolled. | Mk 16:4 |
| "You'll see him soon, just as he told." | Mk 16:7 |
| The young man speaking wore all white, | Mk 16:5 |
| Was sitting calmly on the right. | Mk 16:5 |
| "Don't be amazed. Though he was dead, | Mk 16:6 |
| He's risen and has gone ahead." | Mk 16:6-7 |
| Yeshua met with Mary first, | Mk 16:9 |
| Then two who 'cross a field traversed. | Mk 16:12 |
| Apostles didn't think it real | Mk 16:10-13 |
| Till Jesus showed up at their meal. | Mk 16:14 |
| Rebuking them, he then declared, | Mk 16:14 |
| "Go preach the good news everywhere. | Mk 16:15 |
| Those who believe, such faith saves them. | Mk 16:16 |
| But those who don't will be condemned." | Mk 16:16 |
| Then up to heaven, magnified. | Mk 16:19 |
| He sat down at the Father's side. | Mk 16:19 |
| With miracles to validate, | Mk 16:20 |
| Disciples preached salvation great. | Mk 16:20 |
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