Translations:Saint Mark/29/en

Whereas Matthew and Luke both include a genealogy, Mark does not consider that the human lineage and descent of Jesus Christ is important. He is not trying to prove that Jesus is Almighty God incarnate, and if he is trying to prove it, he has sense enough to know that you don’t prove it by human genealogy. The Book of Mark, contrasting the Book of Matthew, begins with the going before the face of Jesus of John the Baptist, then the baptism of Jesus. And before you are through the first chapter, you are with Jesus in the wilderness being tempted of the Devil. Mark begins with the mission. He leaves to others to account for his birth in Bethlehem and his early years.