Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 1
1. St. John the Baptist baptized the people in:
a.) The Nile River
b.) The Red Sea
c.) The Jordan River
2. Complete the verse:
Then a voice came from Heaven "You are My beloved Son, ______ ________."
CHAPTER 2
1. Complete:
"Son, your sins are ____________."
2. True or False? The Lord Jesus Christ did not like to sit with the tax collectors and sinners.
CHAPTER 3
1. Who did the Lord Jesus Christ see when He entered the synagogue?
2. What name did the Lord Jesus Christ give to Simon?
CHAPTER 4
1. Where did the multitude gather?
2. The seeds that fell on the thorns are like those who hear the word but it becomes .
CHAPTER 5
1. What did the woman who had a flow of blood do to be healed?
2. Complete: "Do not be afraid; only__________."
CHAPTER 6
1. Who did King Herod think the Lord Jesus Christ was?
2. How many people were fed by the five loaves of bread and the two fish?
Chapter 7
1. Complete this verse: _____"There is nothing that enters a man from ___________which can
________him; but the things which _________ of him, those are the things that__________ a
man."
CHAPTER 8
1. How many loaves of bread did the disciples have?
2. What did St. Peter say when the Lord Jesus Christ asked him: "But who do you say that I am?"
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 9
1. Who did the Lord Jesus Christ take with Him up the mountain?
2. Who appeared with the Lord Jesus Christ on the mountain?
CHAPTER 10
1. St. James and St. John asked the Lord Jesus Christ to:
a) Eat with them.
b) Have one sit on His right and one on His left in His glory.
c) Take a walk with them.
2. Complete this verse: "Go your way; your ________ has made you well."
CHAPTER 11
1. What did the Lord Jesus Christ ask two of His disciples to bring from the village?
2. What does the Lord Jesus Christ tell us to do whenever we stand to pray?
a) Listen to music. b) Talk with our friends. c) Forgive everyone.
CHAPTER 12
1. In the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers, why did they kill the man's son?
a) The inheritance will be theirs. b) They want to steal his clothes. c) To have fun.
2. What is the first commandment of all?
CHAPTER 13
1. The Lord Jesus Christ said: "Take heed that no one ______ you."
2. Complete this verse: "But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the______ in Heaven, nor
the ______ but only the______."
CHAPTER 14
1. Which one of the twelve betrayed the Lord Jesus Christ?
2. To whom did the Lord Jesus Christ say: "Before the rooster crows twice you will deny Me three
times"?
CHAPTER 15
1. What did the Lord Jesus Christ say when they asked Him: "Are You the King of the Jews?"
2. Who did Pilate release from prison?
CHAPTER 16
1. Who came early in the morning to the Lord Jesus Christ tomb?
2. Complete: "Go into all the world and _______ the_______ to every creature."
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 1
1. What happened at the baptism of the Lord Jesus Christ by St. John the Baptist?
2. Whose mother-in-law did the Lord Jesus Christ heal?
Chapter 2
1. What did the Lord Jesus Christ say to the paralytic man before He healed him?
2. Why were the Lord Jesus Christ's disciples not fasting?
CHAPTER 3
1. List the names of the twelve apostles.
2. The people tried to accuse the Lord Jesus Christ of healing a man on the Sabbath. What did the Lord Jesus
say to them?
CHAPTER 4
1. In the Parable of the Sower the seeds that fell among the thorns represent what kind of people?
2. What did the Lord Jesus Christ do to show that He has the power to control nature? What did the disciples
say?
CHAPTER 5
1. What was the name of the ruler who came begging the Lord Jesus Christ to heal his daughter who was
dying?
2. The woman that was bleeding for 20 years saw the Lord Jesus Christ passing by. What did she say in her
heart?
CHAPTER 6
1. Who asked for the head of St. John the Baptist? Who commanded to cut off his head?
2. How did our Lord Jesus Christ go to His disciples who were in the middle of the sea in a boat?
CHAPTER 7
1. Who said these verses:
"There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of
him; those are the things that defile a man."
2. "Yes Lord, yet even the little dogs under the table eat from the children's crumbs."
CHAPTER 8
1. Number the following verses from one to four as they appear in this chapter:
( ) So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of left over fragments.
( ) And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
( ) And He took the seven loaves and He gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to sit before
them; and they set them before the multitude.
( ) And they had a few small fish; having blessed them, He said to set them also before them.
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 9
1. During the Transfiguration who appeared with the Lord Jesus Christ? What did St. Peter say to the Lord
Jesus?
2. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ tell St. John: "For he who is not against us is on our side."?
CHAPTER 10
1. The Lord Jesus Christ said that divorce was not permitted. Complete the verse that explains that:
"Therefore what God_________________________. "
2. What did the Lord Jesus Christ tell the disciples would happen to Him when He goes to Jerusalem?
CHAPTER 11
1. What did the Lord Jesus Christ say to the fig tree when He saw it had no fruits?
2. The Lord Jesus could not stand to see the people not respecting the House of God, what did He say?
CHAPTER 12
1. What is the first commandment, and what is the second?
2. When the Lord Jesus Christ saw the poor widow came and put two coins in the treasury, the Lord Jesus
praised her, why?
CHAPTER 13
1. The following statements are true or false:
a) Many will come in Jesus name, saying I am He and will deceive many.
b) And you will be welcomed by all men for My sake.
c) Take heed watch and pray for you do not know when the time is.
CHAPTER 14
1. When the Lord Jesus Christ was in the Garden of Gethsemane by Himself, what did He do?
2. What did Judas do to show the soldiers which one was the Lord Jesus Christ?
CHAPTER 15
1. In the morning where did they take the Lord Jesus Christ?
2. Pilate gave the people a choice to release the Lord Jesus or another prisoner. What was his name?
CHAPTER 16
1. When they reached the tomb, what had happened to the large rock which was placed on the door?
2. Who was the first woman to see the Lord Jesus Christ?
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 1
1. What did the prophecy say about St. John the Baptist?
2. Who were Zebedee's sons? What did they do for living?
CHAPTER 2
1. What was the Lord Jesus Christ accused of when He said to the other man "Your sins are
forgiven?"
2. Why were the Lord Jesus' disciples not fasting while the disciples of St. John and the Pharisees
were?
CHAPTER 3
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ appoint twelve apostles?
2. Who did the Lord Jesus Christ say are His brothers and sisters?
CHAPTER 4
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ use the Parable of the Mustard Seed to help them picture the
Kingdom of God?
2. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ tell them: "How is it that you have no faith?"
CHAPTER 5
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ ask the demon possessed man to go home after he was healed?
2. Why did the Lord Jesus tell Jairus, one of the rulers of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only
believe?"
CHAPTER 6
1. What did the people say when they heard the Lord Jesus Christ teaching at the synagogue?
2. What did the Lord Jesus Christ ask the disciples to do if the people did not receive or hear them?
CHAPTER 7
1. Write the verse that shows that defilement comes from within.
2. What was Isaiah's prophecy about the Pharisees and scribes?
CHAPTER 8
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ want to conceal His identity when St. Peter told Him "You are the
Christ"?
2. What can we do to be able to follow the Lord Jesus Christ?
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 9
1. Why did St. Peter want to make three tabernacles and for whom?
2. Why could the disciples not heal the boy with the mute spirit?
CHAPTER 10
1. What is the difference between Moses and the Lord Jesus Christ's commands in the matter of
marriage and divorce?
2. Why did the Lord Jesus ask His disciples to allow the children to come to Him?
CHAPTER 11
1. What did the Lord Jesus Christ say to the fig tree when He saw that it had no fruit?
2. What did the Lord Jesus Christ say about forgiveness and prayer?
CHAPTER 12
1. What is the parable that is mentioned in this chapter that shows how cruel the people's hearts
were?
2. What did the Lord Jesus Christ do with the denarius when He was asked about paying taxes?
CHAPTER 13
1. Write some of the signs of the beginning of sorrows.
2. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ tell them: "What I say to you I say to all: Watch!"?
CHAPTER 14
1. Which one of the disciples said that he will never leave the Lord Jesus Christ in time of trouble?
But what did the Lord Jesus say to him?
2. When they took the Lord Jesus Christ to the high priest, what did they accuse Him of?
CHAPTER 15
1. When the Lord Jesus Christ was accused of many things what did He do?
2. When the Lord Jesus Christ died on the Holy Cross, who asked Pilate for His body and what did
he do with it?
CHAPTER 16
1. On the first day of the week, why did Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James go to the
tomb?
2. When the Lord Jesus Christ met the disciples, what did He instruct them to do?
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
HOLY GOSPEL OF ST. MARK
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CHAPTER 1
1. How did St. John the Baptist prepare the way?
2. Write the verses in this chapter that shows the Lord Jesus Christ is compassionate.
CHAPTER 2
1. Why did the Lord Jesus say to the paralytic" Your sins are forgiven" before He healed him?
2. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ eat with the tax collectors and sinners?
CHAPTER 3
1. What opportunity did the Pharisees have to plot to destroy the Lord Jesus Christ?
2. What parables did the Lord Jesus teach when they accused Him saying, "He has Beelzebub"?
CHAPTER 4
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ say: "For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever
does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him"?
2. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ talk to the people with parables?
CHAPTER 5
1. Why were the people afraid when they saw the demon possessed man healed?
2. Write the verse that shows that the women (that had the flow of blood) had faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ.
CHAPTER 6
1. Why was the Lord Jesus Christ rejected in His own country, Nazareth?
2. Why did King Herod fear St. John the Baptist?
CHAPTER 7
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ tell the scribes and the Pharisees: "Making the Word of God of no
effect through your tradition"?
2. Because of her faith the Gentile woman got her wish and her daughter was healed. Explain.
CHAPTER 8
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ rebuke St. Peter saying:" Get behind Me Satan"?
2. How did the Lord Jesus Christ outline the path to the Kingdom of God?
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern USA
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CHAPTER 9
1. Why does Elijah have to come first?
2. Who did the Lord Jesus Christ address when he said:" O faithless generation, how shall I be with
you?" Why?
CHAPTER 10
1. In the matter of marriage and divorce, what is the difference between the Lord Jesus Christ and
Moses commands?
2. How are we rewarded if we left everything for God's sake?
CHAPTER 11
1. What lesson do we learn from the withered fig tree?
2. When the Lord Jesus Christ authority was questioned, what did He say?
CHAPTER 12
1. How did the Lord Jesus Christ address the question about paying taxes to Caesar?
2. What did the Lord Jesus Christ say about the Glorious Resurrection?
CHAPTER 13
1. When is the beginning of sorrows?
2. Describe the great tribulation?
CHAPTER 14
1. At the house of Simon the leper why did the people say that the fragrant oil was wasted but the
Lord Jesus Christ said she has done good work?
2. In the verse:" I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered" who is the shepherd and
who are the sheep?
CHAPTER 15
1. Why did the Lord Jesus Christ not answer when they accused Him of many things?
2. The Lord Jesus Christ endured much humiliation for us. Explain.
CHAPTER 16
1. When were the Lord Jesus' predictions about Glorious Resurrection fulfilled?
2. What are the signs that will follow those who believe?