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* only the Gospel of Mark begins by boldly declaring 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 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 refers to the "gospel of [[God]]," a phrase repeated by [[Paul]] and [[Peter]] in their letters, which suggests they had heard Mark's account;

* only the Gospel of Mark refers to the "gospel of [[God]]," a phrase repeated by [[Paul]] and [[Peter]] in their letters, which suggests they had heard Mark's account;

* the Gospel of Mark portrays the disparagement as regional, rather than ethnic, 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 a controversial disparagement as regional, rather than ethnic, 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}};

* only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says that Jesus was a mere carpenter;

* only the Gospel of Mark bluntly says 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>