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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}} ([[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>

*the Gospel of Mark has a regional connotation to Jesus's reference to a Greek woman's daughter as a "dog" in {{bible ref|Mark|7|24-30}}, while the subsequent [[Gospel of Matthew]] retells the story with an ethnic connotation in {{bible ref|Matthew|15|21-28}};

*the Gospel of Mark has a regional connotation to Jesus's reference to a Greek woman's daughter as a "dog" (better translated as "puppy") in {{bible ref|Mark|7|24-30}}, while the subsequent [[Gospel of Matthew]] retells the story with an ethnic connotation in {{bible ref|Matthew|15|21-28}};

*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>{{bibleref|Mark|4|13|ver=ESV}} ([[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>