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'''''The Gospel of Mark is [[Trump]]-like in its blunt, down-to-earth style critical of the elite and their practices''''':
'''''The Gospel of Mark is [[Trump]]-like in its blunt, down-to-earth style critical of the elite and their practices''''':
*only the Gospel of Mark begins by boldly declaring, Trump-like in style, that it is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]";<ref>{{bibleref|Mark|1|1|ver=ESV}}.</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark begins by boldly declaring, Trump-like in style, that it is "the gospel of [[Jesus Christ]], the Son of [[God]]";<ref>{{bibleref|Mark|1|1|ver=ESV}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that that Jesus was a mere carpenter;
*only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that that Jesus was a mere carpenter;
*only Mark quotes Jesus as expressing dismay at [[the Apostles]] by saying, “Do you not understand this [[parable]]? How then will you understand all the parables?”<ref>Mark 4:13 ([[ESV]]).</ref>
*only Mark quotes Jesus as expressing dismay at [[the Apostles]] by saying, “Do you not understand this [[parable]]? How then will you understand all the parables?”<ref>{{bibleref|Mark|4|13|ver=ESV}} ([[ESV]]).</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark brazenly demotes the [[Sabbath]] as being made for man, not vice-versa, as Jesus declared;<ref>Only Mark quotes Jesus saying, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27 (ESV).</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark brazenly demotes the [[Sabbath]] as being made for man, not vice-versa, as Jesus declared;<ref>Only Mark quotes Jesus saying, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." Mark 2:27 (ESV).</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark explains that [[Jesus]] "looked around at them [his opponents] with '''''anger''''',"<ref>Mark 3:5 ([[ESV]], emphasis added).</ref> a theme echoed by the famous [[Thirteen Colonies|colonial]] sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry [[God]]."<ref>See [[Jonathan Edwards]].</ref>
*only the Gospel of Mark explains that [[Jesus]] "looked around at them [his opponents] with '''''anger''''',"<ref>Mark 3:5 ([[ESV]], emphasis added).</ref> a theme echoed by the famous [[Thirteen Colonies|colonial]] sermon "Sinners in the hands of an angry [[God]]."<ref>See [[Jonathan Edwards]].</ref>