MARK

A   |   i. 1-8.   The forerunner.

     B   |   i. 9-11.   The baptism:  with water.

          C   |   i. 12, 13.   The temptation:  in the wilderness.

               D   |   The fourfold ministry of the Lord.   |

                      e   |   i. 14-20.  The kingdom.         \   proclaimed

                          f   |   i. 21 - viii. 30.   The King.   /

                          f   |   viii. 31 - x. 52.   The King.    \

                      e   |   xi. 1 - xiv. 25.  The kingdom.   /   rejected

          C   |   xiv. 26-42.   The agony:  in the garden.

     B   |   xiv. 43 - xvi. 14.   The baptism:  of suffering

                                           (death, burial, & resurrection).

A   |   xvi. 15-20.   The successors.