In Mark 1:7, what does John say he is not worthy to stoop down and unloose?Answer: The latchet of his shoes. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:7
In Mark 1:13, with what was Jesus in the wilderness for forty days?Answer: The wild beasts. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:13
In Mark 1:14, where did Jesus come preaching after John was put in prison?Answer: Galilee. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:14
In Mark 1:24, what did the man with an unclean spirit in the synagogue at Capernaum call Jesus?Answer: The Holy One of God. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:23-24
In Mark 1:33, at even when the sun did set, who was gathered together at the door?Answer: All the city. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:32-33
In Mark 1:35, when did Jesus rise up and go out to a solitary place to pray?Answer: A great while before day. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:35
In Mark 1:45, what did the cleansed leper do, though Jesus had told him to say nothing to any man?Answer: He began to publish it much. Source: King James Version: Mark 1:44-45
In Mark 2:5, what did Jesus say to the sick of the palsy when he saw their faith?Answer: Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. Source: King James Version: Mark 2:5
In Mark 2:12, what did they all say when the man took up his bed and went forth?Answer: We never saw it on this fashion. Source: King James Version: Mark 2:12
In Mark 2:19, who "cannot fast" as long as they have the bridegroom with them?Answer: The children of the bridechamber. Source: King James Version: Mark 2:19
In Mark 2:21, on what does no man sew a piece of new cloth?Answer: An old garment. Source: King James Version: Mark 2:21
In Mark 2:27, for whom was the sabbath made?Answer: Man. Source: King James Version: Mark 2:27
In Mark 3:6, with whom did the Pharisees take counsel against Jesus?Answer: The Herodians. Source: King James Version: Mark 3:6
In Mark 3:9, why did Jesus ask that a small ship should wait on him?Answer: Lest the multitude should throng him. Source: King James Version: Mark 3:9
In Mark 3:20, the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as do what?Answer: Eat bread. Source: King James Version: Mark 3:20
In Mark 3:27, what must a man first do before he can spoil a strong man's goods?Answer: Bind the strong man. Source: King James Version: Mark 3:27
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In Mark 4:21, a candle is not brought to be put under a bushel, or under what?Answer: A bed. Source: King James Version: Mark 4:21
In Mark 4:32, where may the fowls of the air lodge when the mustard seed is grown?Answer: Under the shadow of it. Source: King James Version: Mark 4:32
In Mark 4:34, to whom did Jesus expound all things when they were alone?Answer: His disciples. Source: King James Version: Mark 4:34
In Mark 4:36, what else was with Jesus when they took him in the ship to pass over to the other side?Answer: Other little ships. Source: King James Version: Mark 4:36
In Mark 5:15, how did the people find the man who had had the legion?Answer: Sitting, clothed and in his right mind. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:15
In Mark 5:17, after the swine ran into the sea, what did the people begin to pray Jesus to do?Answer: To depart out of their coasts. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:17
In Mark 5:20, where did the man who had had the legion begin to publish what Jesus had done for him?Answer: Decapolis. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:20
In Mark 5:30, what did Jesus ask when he turned about in the press?Answer: Who touched my clothes? Source: King James Version: Mark 5:30
In Mark 5:40, what did those who wept and wailed do when Jesus said the damsel was not dead, but sleeping?Answer: They laughed him to scorn. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:39-40
In Mark 5:43, after the damsel arose and walked, what did Jesus command?Answer: That something be given her to eat. Source: King James Version: Mark 5:42-43
In Mark 6:6, at what did Jesus marvel in his own country?Answer: Their unbelief. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:6
In Mark 6:13, with what did the twelve anoint many that were sick?Answer: Oil. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:13
In Mark 6:20, what did the king who had bound John in prison know him to be?Answer: A just man and an holy. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:20
In Mark 6:33, how did the people reach the desert place before the ship?Answer: They ran afoot out of all cities. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:33
In Mark 6:34, Jesus was moved with compassion toward the people because they were as what?Answer: Sheep not having a shepherd. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:34
In Mark 6:48, as Jesus came to the disciples walking upon the sea, what does the verse say he would have done?Answer: Passed by them. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:48
In Mark 6:53, to which land did they come when they had passed over?Answer: Gennesaret. Source: King James Version: Mark 6:53
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In Mark 7:2, the Pharisees found fault with some of the disciples because their hands were what?Answer: Unwashen. Source: King James Version: Mark 7:2
In Mark 7:6, finish the words quoted: "This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is" what?Answer: Far from me. Source: King James Version: Mark 7:6
In Mark 7:11, what is the word Corban said to mean?Answer: A gift. Source: King James Version: Mark 7:11
In Mark 7:24, Jesus entered into a house and would have no man know it. What does the verse say next?Answer: He could not be hid. Source: King James Version: Mark 7:24
In Mark 7:37, what did the people say when the deaf man spoke plain?Answer: He hath done all things well. Source: King James Version: Mark 7:37
In Mark 8:2, how long had the multitude been with Jesus with nothing to eat?Answer: Three days. Source: King James Version: Mark 8:2
In Mark 8:10, after the four thousand were sent away, into the parts of which place did Jesus come by ship?Answer: Dalmanutha. Source: King James Version: Mark 8:9-10
In Mark 8:14, how many loaves did the disciples have with them in the ship?Answer: One. Source: King James Version: Mark 8:14
In Mark 8:15, of whose leaven did Jesus tell the disciples to beware, besides the leaven of the Pharisees?Answer: Herod. Source: King James Version: Mark 8:15
In Mark 8:36, finish the words: "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose" what?Answer: His own soul. Source: King James Version: Mark 8:36
In Mark 9:2, after how many days did Jesus lead three disciples up into a high mountain apart?Answer: Six. Source: King James Version: Mark 9:2
In Mark 9:3, his raiment became exceeding white as snow, "so as no" what "on earth can white them"?Answer: Fuller. Source: King James Version: Mark 9:3
In Mark 9:21, how long did the father say his son had had the dumb spirit?Answer: Of a child. Source: King James Version: Mark 9:17; Mark 9:21
In Mark 9:36, whom did Jesus set in the midst of the twelve and then take in his arms?Answer: A child. Source: King James Version: Mark 9:35-36
In Mark 9:38, which disciple told Jesus that they had forbidden a man who was casting out devils in his name?Answer: John. Source: King James Version: Mark 9:38
In Mark 9:50, finish the words: "Have salt in yourselves, and have" what "one with another"?Answer: Peace. Source: King James Version: Mark 9:50
In Mark 10:21, what did Jesus do as he beheld the man who said he had observed the commandments from his youth?Answer: He loved him. Source: King James Version: Mark 10:20-21
In Mark 10:35-37, who come to Jesus and ask to sit, one on his right hand and the other on his left, in his glory?Answer: James and John. Source: King James Version: Mark 10:35-37; Matthew 20:20
In Mark 10:46, which city was Jesus going out of when he passed a blind man by the highway side?Answer: Jericho. Source: King James Version: Mark 10:46
In Mark 10:50, what did blind Bartimaeus cast away when he rose and came to Jesus?Answer: His garment. Source: King James Version: Mark 10:46; Mark 10:50
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In Mark 11:13, what "was not yet" when Jesus came to the fig tree that had leaves?Answer: The time of figs. Source: King James Version: Mark 11:13
In Mark 11:16, what would Jesus not suffer any man to carry through the temple?Answer: Any vessel. Source: King James Version: Mark 11:15-16
In Mark 11:17, "My house shall be called of" whom "the house of prayer"?Answer: All nations. Source: King James Version: Mark 11:17
In Mark 11:23, where is "this mountain" told to be cast?Answer: Into the sea. Source: King James Version: Mark 11:23
In Mark 11:25, what are the hearers told to do when they stand praying, if they have ought against any?Answer: Forgive. Source: King James Version: Mark 11:25
In Mark 11:33, what did the chief priests, the scribes and the elders answer when Jesus asked whether the baptism of John was from heaven or of men?Answer: We cannot tell. Source: King James Version: Mark 11:27-33
In Mark 12:34, to whom did Jesus say "Thou art not far from the kingdom of God"?Answer: One of the scribes. Source: King James Version: Mark 12:28; Mark 12:34
In Mark 12:37, who "heard him gladly" as Jesus taught in the temple?Answer: The common people. Source: King James Version: Mark 12:35-37
In Mark 12:38, in what do the scribes love to go?Answer: Long clothing. Source: King James Version: Mark 12:38
In Mark 13:2, what does Jesus say shall not be left upon another of the great buildings?Answer: One stone. Source: King James Version: Mark 13:2
In Mark 13:18, Jesus says to pray that "your flight be not in" what?Answer: The winter. Source: King James Version: Mark 13:18
In Mark 13:31, "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but" what "shall not pass away"?Answer: My words. Source: King James Version: Mark 13:31
In Mark 13:35, the master of the house may come at even, at midnight, in the morning, or when?Answer: At the cockcrowing. Source: King James Version: Mark 13:35
In Mark 13:37, with which one word does the chapter end?Answer: Watch. Source: King James Version: Mark 13:37
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In Mark 14:3, of what was the very precious ointment in the alabaster box?Answer: Spikenard. Source: King James Version: Mark 14:3
In Mark 14:8, finish what is said of the woman with the alabaster box: "She hath done" what?Answer: What she could. Source: King James Version: Mark 14:8
In Mark 14:27, finish the words quoted: "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be" what?Answer: Scattered. Source: King James Version: Mark 14:27
In Mark 14:36, which word does Jesus say before "Father" as he prays?Answer: Abba. Source: King James Version: Mark 14:36
In Mark 14:51-52, what did a certain young man leave behind when the young men laid hold on him?Answer: A linen cloth. Source: King James Version: Mark 14:51-52
In Mark 14:54, with whom did Peter sit and warm himself at the fire in the palace of the high priest?Answer: The servants. Source: King James Version: Mark 14:54
In Mark 15:10, for what did Pilate know that the chief priests had delivered Jesus?Answer: Envy. Source: King James Version: Mark 15:9-10
In Mark 15:16, what is the hall called into which the soldiers led Jesus?Answer: Praetorium. Source: King James Version: Mark 15:16
In Mark 15:21, whose father is Simon the Cyrenian said to be?Answer: Alexander and Rufus. Source: King James Version: Mark 15:21; Matthew 27:32; Luke 23:26
In Mark 15:25, at what hour does it say "they crucified him"?Answer: The third hour. Source: King James Version: Mark 15:25
In Mark 15:39, who said "Truly this man was the Son of God"?Answer: The centurion. Source: King James Version: Mark 15:39
In Mark 15:43, what is Joseph of Arimathaea called?Answer: An honourable counsellor. Source: King James Version: Mark 15:43
In Mark 16:2, at what time of day did the women come to the sepulchre?Answer: At the rising of the sun. Source: King James Version: Mark 16:2
In Mark 16:7, the women are told to "tell his disciples and" which one by name?Answer: Peter. Source: King James Version: Mark 16:7
In Mark 16:8, why did the women who fled from the sepulchre say nothing to any man?Answer: They were afraid. Source: King James Version: Mark 16:8
How it works
These Gospel of Mark trivia questions ask where a thing happened, who said or did it, and what the verse says next, from the first chapter to the last. Each has four choices and the King James verse behind the answer.
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Five rounds, chapter by chapter
John, Capernaum and the twelve covers chapters 1 to 3, Parables, the sea and the loaves 4 to 6, Tyre, the mountain and the road 7 to 10, The fig tree, the temple and the mount of Olives 11 to 13, and Bethany to the sepulchre 14 to 16. Start from, under the question, opens one round. The list under the quiz runs verse by verse.
Details that stand in Mark alone
Some questions ask a detail no other Gospel has, such as what was with Jesus in the wilderness, how many loaves were in the ship and what the word Corban means. Every question names its verse, because Matthew and Luke tell some of these stories differently.
Questions and answers
How many chapters are in the Gospel of Mark?
Sixteen, with 678 verses in the King James Bible. It is the shortest of the four Gospels: Matthew has 28 chapters, Luke 24 and John 21.
How does the Gospel of Mark begin?
With the words "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" (Mark 1:1). It has no account of the birth of Jesus: the first chapter opens with John baptizing in the wilderness.
What is found only in the Gospel of Mark?
Wikipedia's article Gospel of Mark lists, among others, the parable of the growing seed, Jesus himself being called a carpenter, the young man who flees at the arrest and the names of Simon of Cyrene's sons.
Are these Gospel of Mark trivia questions from the King James Version?
Yes. Names and quoted words follow the King James Version, which is in the public domain. Some reasons add the World English Bible's word, such as yeast for leaven and Isaiah for Esaias.