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There is very little of substance that is in Mark that is not in Matthew or Luke. After all, the authors of Matthew and Luke both relied on Mark's Gospel for everything they knew about the life and mission of Jesus. There is one important "Missing Block" in Luke's Gospel, which is readily explained.

The author of Luke seems to have been using a copy of Mark's Gospel from which about 13 consecutive pages were missing. This omission is now called the "Missing Block" or "Great Omission" and includes such an important miracle as walking on water, that Luke is hardly likely to have omitted had he known of it. Further evidence for the Missing Block can be found in the curious conjunction in Luke 9:18 "And it came to pass as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them ..." These clauses are found in Mark at the start and end of the Missing Block. A possible reason for the Missing Block is that it contains a passage in which Jesus is racist towards a Gentile woman. According to this thinking, an assistant removed that passage, knowing that it would offend Luke, also removing enough pages that it would not be readily apparent that anything was missing.

Also in Mark, but missing from Matthew and Luke, is the story of the young man who fled naked from the scene of Jesus' arrest. This was probably thought to be too improbable and an unnecessary distraction.

Another scene in Mark, but missing from Matthew and Luke,involves the young man seated in the tomb, who told the women that Jesus was risen. Matthew replaces him with the angel, while Luke replaces him with two men in shining garments.

As with the story of the young man who fled naked, the authors of Matthew and Luke omitted or tidied up anything from Mark that they did not understand or which seemed irrelevant or, in a few cases, geographically incorrect.

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