Mark - General
Mark 1:11 - In this gospel, Jesus is addressed directly by God saying, "Thou art my beloved son." While in Matthew 3:17, God addresses those witnessing the baptism of Jesus. ("This is my beloved son.")
Mark 1:2 - Mark claims that John the Baptist fulfilled the prophecy given in Malachi 3:1, 4:1, 5. But the Malachi prophecy says that God will send Elijah before "the great and dreadful day of the LORD" in which the world will be consumed by fire. Yet John the Baptist flatly denied that he was Elijah (Elias) in John 1:21 and the earth was not destroyed after John's appearance.
Mark 1:12-13 - Mark says that Jesus went "immediately" into the wilderness after his baptism where he was tempted by Satan for forty days. But the gospel of John 1:35, 43; 2:1 denies this by describing the call of disciples and the wedding at Cana, which he says took place on the days immediately following his baptism.
Mark 1:14-16 - In Mark, John the Baptist is imprisoned before Peter and Andrew are called. But the order is reversed in John 1:40, 3:22-24.
Mark 1:23-24 - "Unclean spirits" confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. If 1 Jn.4:2 is true, then these "unclean spirits" are of God.
Mark 1:25 - Jesus rebukes the "unclean spirit" for saying that Jesus is "the holy one of God."
Mark 1:30 - Peter, who Catholics consider the first pope, was married.
Mark 1:32, 34 - Jesus casts out more devils and tells them not to reveal who he is.
Mark 2:26 - Jesus said the high priest's name was Abiathar, but 1 Sam.21:1 says the high priest was Ahimelech.
Mark 3:11 - More "unclean spirits" confess that Jesus is "the son of God." 1 Jn.4:2 says that all such spirits are of God.
Mark 3:11-12 - Although the disciples weren't sure about Jesus even after his alleged resurrection, the "unclean spirits" knew that he was "the son of God." But Jesus told them not to tell anyone.
Mark 3:18 - Mark says that Thaddeus was one of the twelve apostles, but his name is not included in the lists given in Luke 6:14-16 or Acts 1:13, which list Judas the brother of James instead.
Mark 3:31-34 - Jesus shows disrespect for his mother and family by asking, "Who is my mother, or my brethren?" when he is told that his family wants to speak with him.
Mark 4:11-12 - Jesus explains why he speaks in parables: to confuse people so they will go to hell.
Mark 4:25 - Jesus says that those who have been less fortunate in this life will have it even worse in the life to come.
Mark 4:31 - Jesus is incorrect when he says that the mustard seed is the smallest seed. (The smallest seeds are found among the tropical, epiphytic orchids.)
Mark 5:2 - Mark says there was only one Gadarene demoniac, but Matthew 8:28 says there were two.
Mark 5:7 - A man possessed with "an unclean spirit" recognizes Jesus as the son of God. According to 1 Jn.4:2, 15, this man must have been "of God."
Mark 5:12-13 - Jesus sends the devils into 2000 pigs, causing them to jump off a cliff and be drowned in the sea. When the people hear about it, they beg Jesus to leave.
Mark 6:2-5 - Jesus is rejected by those who knew him the best, the people from his home town of Nazareth. "And he could do there no mighty work." If so, then how could he be omnipotent as he claims to be in Mt.28:18?
Mark 6:8-9 - Jesus tells his disciples to wear sandals and carry a staff. But in Matthew 10:10 he tells them to go barefoot and not carry staves.
Mark 6:11 - Any city that doesn't "receive" the followers of Jesus will be destroyed in a manner even more savage than that of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Mark 6:14-15 - There was much disagreement and confusion about Jesus' identity. Some thought he was Elijah or one of the prophets. And some (like Herod in this verse) thought he was the risen John the Baptist, even though John had just recently died and the people must have known what he looked like.
Mark 7:9-13 - Jesus criticizes the Jews for not killing their disobedient children as required by Old Testament law. (See Ex.2r1:15, Lev.20:9, Dt.21:18-21)
Mark 7:24, 31 - Ezekiel 26:14, 21, 27:36 prophesied that Tyre would be completely destroyed, never to be built again. But it wasn't destroyed and continued to exist, as shown by this verse in which Jesus visits Tyre.
Mark 7:25-29 - Jesus initially refuses to cast out a devil from a Greek woman's daughter, calling the woman a "dog". After much pleading, he finally agrees to cast out the devil.
Mark 8:4 - The disciples ought to know by now where they can get enough food to feed a few thousand. After all, Jesus had just done it before (6:34-44). This "doublet" was probably the result of two oral traditions of the same event.
Mark 8:12 - Jesus says he will not give any signs, but the gospel of John 3:2, 20:30 and Acts 2:22 say that he performed many.
Mark 8:23 - Jesus spits on a blind man's eyes. Why don't televangelists spit on people when healing them?
Mark 8:31 - Jesus explains to his disciples about his death and resurrection. Yet the gospel of John 20:8-9 claims that the disciples "knew not ... that he must rise again from the dead."
Mark 9:1 - Jesus falsely prophesies that the end of the world will come within his listeners' lifetimes.
Mark 9:2 - Mark says the transfiguration occurred six days after Jesus' false prophecy, but Luke 9:28 says it was eight days after.
Mark 9:13 - Jesus says that John the Baptist was Elijah, but John the Baptist explicitly denies it in Jn.1:21.
Mark 9:19 Jesus gets mad at his disciples for failing to cast out a devil and says, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?”
Mark 9:38 - The disciples saw some others that they didn't know "casting out devils" in Jesus' name. (It was a popular sport back in those days.)
Mark 9:40 - Jesus says that those who are not against him are for him. But elsewhere he says that those who are not for him are against him.
Mark 10:18 - Jesus says that no one is good except for God. He also seems to be saying he is neither good nor God.
Mark 10:19 - When Jesus lists the "ten" commandments, he only mentions five, the humanistic ones that make no mention of God. He also gives one that is not included in the so-called ten commandments: "defraud not." Just where he got this one is anyone's guess!
Mark 10:25 - Jesus says that rich people cannot go to heaven. For "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God".
Mark 10:29-30 - Jesus will reward men who abandon their wives and families.
Mark 10:34 - Jesus explains again (see 8:31) to his disciples about his death and resurrection. Yet John 20:9 claims that the disciples "knew not ... that he must rise again from the dead."
Mark 10:46 - Were one or two blind men healed near Jericho? Mark and Luke 18:35 say there was only one, but Matthew 20:30 says there were two.
Mark 11:7 - Matthew 21:7 says that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on both and ass and a colt, John 12:14 says the rode on an ass, but Mark and Luke 19:35 say he rode on a colt. Which is was it?
Mark 11:13-14 - Jesus kills a fig tree for not bearing figs, even though it was out of season. He did this to show the world how much God hates figs.
Mark 11:20 - The fig tree immediately dies in Matthew 21:19-20, but it doesn't die until morning in Mark's account. Also, the curse is worded differently in the two gospels
Mark 12:31 - Jesus quotes Lev.19:18: "Love thy neighbour as thyself." This is by far the best verse in Leviticus, and one of the best in the entire bible. But in the next chapter of Leviticus, God orders us to kill wizards (20:6), children who are disrespectful toward their parents (20:9), adulterers (20:10), and homosexuals (20:13). And throughout the Old Testament, God encourages the Israelites to kill their neighbours every chance they get. (See Numbers 31 and 1 Samuel 15 for just two of many examples.)
Mark 12:35-37 - Jesus denies being a descendent of David. But this contradicts many Bible verses.
Mark 13:17 - In the last days God will make things especially rough on pregnant women.
Mark 13:24-25 - "In those days ... the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall." Of course this is nonsense. The billions of stars will never fall to earth and the moon does not produce its own light.
Mark 13:30 - Jesus shows that he is a false prophet by predicting his return and the end of the world within the lifetime of his listeners.
Mark 14:7 - In Matthew 28:20, Jesus says he will always be with his disciples, but he says the opposite in this verse.
Mark 14:30 - Did Jesus say "before the cock crow twice" as this verse says, or once as is said in the other gospels? (Mt.26:34, Lk.22:34, Jn.13:38)
Mark 14:57-58 - Mark says that those who quoted Jesus were "false witnesses," yet according to Jn.2:19, Jesus said what these witnesses said that he did. So how are they "false witnesses"?
Mark 14:62 - Jesus, when asked by the high priest if he is the Christ, answers "I am" in this gospel. But in Matthew 26:64 he equivocates by saying, "Thou hast said it." In both gospels he falsely prophesies that the high priest would see his second coming.
Mark 15:21 - In the gospel of John, Jesus is said to have carried his own cross (19:17). But in this verse Simon the Cyrenian carried the cross for Jesus.
Mark 15:23 - Mark says the soldiers gave Jesus wine mixed with myrrh to drink. But Matthew 27:34 says they gave him vinegar mingled with gall.
Mark 15:25 - Mark says it was "the third hour" when Jesus was crucified. But John 19:14-15 says it was some time after "the sixth hour."
Mark 15:26 - All of the gospels give the exact words that were written over the cross, but none of them agree about the words that were used (Mt.27:37, Lk.23:38, Jn.19:19).
Mark 15:32 - Mark says that both thieves reviled Jesus, but Luke 23:39-40 says that only one reviled him, and the other rebuked him for it.
Mark 15:40 - Were the women looking from far away as this verse says, or from the foot of the cross as is said in John 19:25?
Mark 15:44 - "And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead." Maybe he wasn't!
Mark 16:1 - Mark says that two women visited the sepulchre on Easter morning. But all of the other gospels disagree (Mt.28:1, Lk.24:10, Jn.20:1).
Mark 16:2 - Mark says that the women came at sunrise, but John 20:1 says they came with it "was yet dark."
Mark 16:5 - The visitors saw a young man in Mark, but none of the other gospels agree (Mt.28:2, Lk.24:3-4, Jn.20:11-12).
Mark 16:5 - was the man (men, angel, or angels) inside or outside of the tomb? Mark, Luke 24:3-4, and John 20:11-12 says inside, but Matthew 28:2 says outside.
Mark 16:7 - The "young man" told the woman to tell the disciples to meet Jesus in Galilee. But in Acts 1:4 and Luke 24:48 they are told to stay in Jerusalem.
Mark 16:8 - The women were afraid and told no one after seeing the young man. But Luke 24:10 and Matthew 28:8, saying that the women "told all these things to the eleven."
Mark 16:9 - Jesus first appears to Mary Magdalene "out of whom he had cast seven devils." Now there's a reliable witness for you.
Mark 16:14 - According to this verse, Jesus appeared to the "eleven." But 1 Cor.15:5 claims that he appeared to "the twelve." Was a resurrected Judas there, too? And was his first (and only?) appearance in a room or on a mountain top?
Mark 16:15 - Jesus, contrary to his previous instructions (Mt.10:5-6, 15:24), tells his disciples to preach the gospel throughout the world.
Mark 16:16 - Jesus says that those that believe and are baptized will be saved, while those who don't will be damned. But this contradicts Jn.5:29 and Lk.10:26-28 that say that those who do good will be saved and those that do evil will be damned. It also contradicts Mt.12:37 which says that "by thy words" you will be either saved or damned. And, of course, it also contradicts the many New Testament verses that deny that salvation is by faith alone. Another problem this verse has caused is to make many Christians believe that you must believe AND be baptized. If you are not baptized you are doomed!
Mark 16:17-18 - The true followers of Christ routinely perform the following tricks: 1) cast out devils, 2)speak in tongues, 3) take up serpents, 4) drink poisons without harm, and 5) cure the sick by touching them. Today the more dangerous stuff is left out of Christian actions.
Mark 16:20 - This verse claims that Jesus performed many signs through his followers. But elsewhere in the gospels Jesus said he would not provide any signs (except for the sign of Jonas.)
