Gospel of
Mark Challenge for Families
with Children
In order to follow the
narrative of Mark’s Gospel as closely as possible with children who can’t yet
read for themselves, try reading the following stories with them (NOTE: Since
these stories pull details from all four Gospels to tell a single story,
they will often provide more detail than Mark offers!):
In the Children of God Storybook Bible by Desmond
Tutu (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010):
Jesus is Baptized
Jesus in the Desert
Jesus Goes Fishing
Jesus Blesses the Little
Children
The Law of Love
Jesus Feeds the Crowd
Jesus the Healer
Jesus Restores Sight and
Gives Life
Jesus Calms the Storm
Jesus is Changed on the
Mountaintop
A Woman’s Love for Jesus
Jesus Shares His Last Meal
with His Friends
The Trial and Death of
Jesus
Jesus is Alive
In the Spark Story Bible (Minneapolis: Augsburg
Fortress, 2009):
John the Baptist
Jesus’ Baptism
Tempted
Jesus Goes to Nazareth
Teaching and Healing
Jesus Heals
The Disciples
A Storm
The Sower
Walking on Water
Parable of the Vineyard
Paying Taxes
The Greatest Commandment
Parable of the Mustard
Seed
Peter’s Faith
Who is the Greatest?
Share God’s Love
Jesus Blesses the Children
A Rich Man’s Questions
James and John
Bartimaeus Sees
The Widow’s Offering
Be Ready
Four Friends
The Transfiguration
The Sadducees’ Question
God’s Love is Forever
Jesus Feeds the 5000
Palm Sunday
The Last Supper
Jesus is Betrayed
Christ the King
The Day Jesus Died
The Empty Tomb
In Tomie de Paola’s Book of Bible Stories - New International Version (New York: Puffin Books, 2002):
Jesus is Baptized
Jesus Feeds the Five
Thousand
Jesus Walks on the Water
The Transfiguration
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
The Lord’s Supper
Jesus Prays at Gethsemane
Jesus Dies on the Cross
The Resurrection
Older children might like
to read the Gospel of Mark for themselves. Something to try: New
International Reader’s Version (NIrV): The Beginner’s Bible. Grand Rapids:
Zonderkidz, 2005.
Or they could try the
following stories in The Children’s
Illustrated Bible by Selena Hastings (New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2000):
John Baptizes Jesus
The Temptations in the
Wilderness
Jesus Calls His Disciples
Healing the Sick
Jesus Calms the Storm
The Gadarene Swine
Jairus’ Daughter
The Sower
The Death of John the
Baptist
The Feeding of the Five
Thousand
Jesus Walks on the Water
The Transfiguration
Jesus and the Children
The Rich Young Man
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
Jesus and the Temple
Traders
Judas Plots to Betray
Jesus
The Last Supper
The Garden of Gethsemane
Peter’s Denial
Jesus Before the Sanhedrin
Jesus Before Pilate
The Crucifixion
The Resurrection
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