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This teaching is interpreted from Mark 11:22–23. [21] A more recent variant of positive confession is "decree and declare". [22] Word of Faith preachers have called faith a "force". [23] Conversely, "negative confession" is believed to be harmful, and so it is taught that believers should be conscious of their words.
This section of Mark ends with verses 11:25–26 which are paralleled in Matthew 6:14–15 and Luke 6:37,11:4 which some have seen as a portion or a follow-on of the Lord's Prayer (see also Discourse on ostentation#Prayer): forgive others so that God may forgive you.
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
Michael Licona suggests that John has redacted Jesus' authentic statements as recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke. Where Matthew and Mark have Jesus quote Psalm 22:1, John records that "in order that the Scripture may be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I am thirsty'." Jesus' final words as recorded in Luke are simplified in John into "It is finished." [12]
The stylistic differences suggest that none of these was written by the author of the Gospel of St. Mark. Metzger speaks of the "inconcinnities" between the first 8 verses of chapter 16 and the longer ending, and suggests, "all these features indicate that the section was added by someone who knew a form of Mark that ended abruptly with verse 8 ...
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After healing people in the evening (Mark 1:35) Before walking on water (Matt 14:23, Mark 6:46, John 6:15) Before choosing the Twelve (Luke 6:12) Before Peter's confession (Luke 9:18) At the Transfiguration (Luke 9:29) Before teaching his disciples the Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:1) Jesus says that he has prayed for Peter's faith (Luke 22:32)