7.4

Worship in the Gospel of Mark

Events

Crowds glorify (doxazō) God after Jesus heals a paralytic (2:12).

A demoniac worships (proskyneō) Jesus before the demon is exorcized (5:6).

Soldiers worship (proskyneō) Jesus in jest (15:19).

Sayings

Jesus applies to religious leaders the Scripture that says, “This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship (sebomai ) me, teaching human precepts as doctrines” (7:6–7).