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The Gospel of Mark is bluntly critical of the elite and their practices
'''''The Gospel of Mark is the most corroborated testimony in all of [[Scriptures]]''''', as the independent eyewitness [[Matthew]] incorporated nearly all of it into his own [[Gospel of Matthew]]. Mark preceded Matthew in following Jesus.<ref>Mark describes, as an eyewitness, the calling of Matthew (Levi) to be an Apostle. {{bible ref|Mark|2|14}} Matthew is the Greek name for the Hebrew name of Levi.</ref>
'''''The Gospel of Mark is the most corroborated testimony in all of [[Scriptures]]''''', as the independent eyewitness [[Matthew]] incorporated nearly all of it into his own [[Gospel of Matthew]]. Mark preceded Matthew in following Jesus.<ref>Mark describes, as an eyewitness, the calling of Matthew (Levi) to be an Apostle. {{bible ref|Mark|2|14}} Matthew is the Greek name for the Hebrew name of Levi.</ref>
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 bluntly 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 portrays the disparagement as regional in 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 same story with an anti-[[Gentile]] ethnic connotation in {{bible ref|Matthew|15|21-28}};
*the Gospel of Mark portrays the disparagement as regional in 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 same story with an anti-[[Gentile]] ethnic connotation in {{bible ref|Matthew|15|21-28}};