Catena Aurea of The Gospel of Mark

• Mark 1:1 - The Proclamation of John the Baptist
• Mark 1:2-3
• Mark 1:4-8
• Mark 1:9-11 - The Baptism of Jesus
• Mark 1:12-13 - The Temptation of Jesus
• Mark 1:14-15 - The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry
• Mark 1:16-20 - Jesus Calls the First Disciples
• Mark 1:21-22 - The Man with an Unclean Spirit, part 1
• Mark 1:23-28 - The Man with an Unclean Spirit, part 2
• Mark 1:29-31 - Jesus Heals Many at Simon's House, part 1
• Mark 1:32-34 - Jesus Heals Many at Simon's House, part 2
• Mark 1:35-39 - A Preaching Tour in Galilee
• Mark 1:40-45 - Jesus Cleanses a Leper
• Mark 2:1-12 - Jesus Heals a Paralytic
• Mark 2:13-17 - Jesus Calls Levi
• Mark 2:18-22 - The Question about Fasting
• Mark 2:23-28 - Pronouncement about the Sabbath
• Mark 3:1-5 - The Man with a Withered Hand
• Mark 3:6-12 - A Multitude at the Seaside
• Mark 3:13-19a - Jesus Appoints the Twelve
• Mark 3:19b-22 - Jesus and Beelzebul, part 1
• Mark 3:23-30 - Jesus and Beelzebul, part 2
• Mark 3:31-35 - The True Kindred of Jesus
• Mark 4:1-20 - The Parable of the Sower
• Mark 4:21-25 - A Lamp Under a Bushel Basket
• Mark 4:26-29 - The Parable of the Growing Seed
• Mark 4:30-34 - The Parable of the Mustard Seed
• Mark 4:35-41 - Jesus Stills a Storm
• Mark 5:1-20 - Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
• Mark 5:21-34 - A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed, part 1
• Mark 5:35-43 - A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed, part 2
• Mark 6:1-6 - The Rejection of Jesus at Nazareth
• Mark 6:7-13 - The Mission of the Twelve
• Mark 6:14-16 - The Death of John the Baptist, part 1
• Mark 6:17-29 - The Death of John the Baptist, part 2
• Mark 6:30-34 - Feeding the Five Thousand, part 1
• Mark 6:35-44 - Feeding the Five Thousand, part 2
• Mark 6:45-52 - Jesus Walks on the Water
• Mark 6:53-56 - Healing the Sick in Gennesaret
• Mark 7:1-13 - The Tradition of the Elders, part 1
• Mark 7:14-23 - The Tradition of the Elders, part 2
• Mark 7:24-30 - The Syrophoenician Woman's Faith
• Mark 7:31-37 - Jesus Cures a Deaf Man
• Mark 8:1-10 - Feeding the Four Thousand
• Mark 8:11-21 - The Demand for a Sign; The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod
• Mark 8:22-26 - Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida
• Mark 8:27-33 - Peter's Declaration about Jesus; Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection, part 1
• Mark 8:34-38 - Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection, part 2
• Mark 9:1-8 - The Transfiguration
• Mark 9:9-13 - The Coming of Elijah
• Mark 9:14-29 - The Healing of a Boy with a Spirit
• Mark 9:30-37 - Jesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection; Who Is the Greatest?
• Mark 9:38-42 - Another Exorcist
• Mark 9:43-50 - Temptations to Sin
• Mark 10:1-12 - Teaching about Divorce
• Mark 10:13-16 - Jesus Blesses Little Children
• Mark 10:17-27 - The Rich Man, part 1
• Mark 10:28-31 - The Rich Man, part 2
• Mark 10:32-34 - A Third Time Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection
• Mark 10:35-40 - The Request of James and John, part 1
• Mark 10:41-45 - The Request of James and John, part 2
• Mark 10:46-52 - The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus
• Mark 11:1-10 - Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
• Mark 11:11-14 - Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
• Mark 11:15-18 - Jesus Cleanses the Temple
• Mark 11:19-26 - The Lesson from the Withered Fig Tree
• Mark 11:27-33 - Jesus' Authority Is Questioned
• Mark 12:1-12 - The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
• Mark 12:13-17 - The Question about Paying Taxes
• Mark 12:18-27 - The Question about the Resurrection
• Mark 12:28-34 - The First Commandment
• Mark 12:35-37 - The Question about David's Son
• Mark 12:38-40 - Jesus Denounces the Scribes
• Mark 12:41-44 - The Widow's Offering
• Mark 13:1-2 - The Destruction of the Temple Foretold, part 1
• Mark 13:3-8 - The Destruction of the Temple Foretold, part 2
• Mark 13:9-13 - Persecution Foretold
• Mark 13:14-20 - The Desolating Sacrilege
• Mark 13:21-27 - The Coming of the Son of Man
• Mark 13:28-31 - The Lesson of the Fig Tree
• Mark 13:32-37 - The Necessity for Watchfulness
• Mark 14:1-2 - The Plot to Kill Jesus
• Mark 14:3-9 - The Anointing at Bethany
• Mark 14:10-11 - Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus
• Mark 14:12-16 - The Passover with the Disciples, part 1
• Mark 14:17-21 - The Passover with the Disciples, part 2
• Mark 14:22-25 - The Institution of the Lord's Supper
• Mark 14:26-31 - Peter's Denial Foretold
• Mark 14:32-42 - Jesus Prays in Gethsemane
• Mark 14:43-52 - The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
• Mark 14:53-59 - Jesus before the Council, part 1
• Mark 14:60-65 - Jesus before the Council, part 2
• Mark 14:66-72 - Peter Denies Jesus
• Mark 15:1-5 - Jesus before Pilate
• Mark 15:6-15 - Pilate Hands Jesus over to Be Crucified
• Mark 15:16-20 - The Soldiers Mock Jesus
• Mark 15:21-28 - The Crucifixion of Jesus, part 1
• Mark 15:29-32 - The Crucifixion of Jesus, part 2
• Mark 15:33-37 - The Death of Jesus, part 1
• Mark 15:38-41 - The Death of Jesus, part 2
• Mark 15:42-47 - The Burial of Jesus
• Mark 16:1-8 - The Resurrection of Jesus
• Mark 16:9-13 - Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene; Jesus Appears to Two Disciples
• Mark 16:14-18 - Jesus Commissions the Disciples
• Mark 16:19-20 - The Ascension of Jesus

Commentary text is taken from Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark by Saint Thomas Aquinas, translated by William Whiston, 1842.

Scripture quotations are from The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.