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Possible Sources for Mark’s Gospel (Box 7.3)

• a collection of controversy stories, including those found now in 2:1–3:6
• a collection, or possibly two collections, of miracle stories, including many of those now found in chapters 4–8
• an apocalyptic tract containing much of what is now in chapter 13
• an early version of the passion narrative (the story of Jesus’s death and resurrection)