In reading the Gospel of Mark, one might realize that there are many stories of great significance. These stories have a great affect on the overall book, which is the Bible. One story that can be deemed very important would be, "The Tradition of Elders." This story takes place in the middle of Matthew's Gospel and gives an overview and an outlook on the whole Gospel. In this story, Jesus acts like an interpreter for God so that the people can understand the commands that God has given. The story is very similar to that of the one in Matthew's Gospel. By comparing the two stories, the realization is that we can now tell who has written what and when. Also the people that the story is written too, can now be revealed through the story. Matthew's passage is key to helping discover many key parts in the passage of Mark. The readers now know who Mark's audience was and what their purpose was. This story also speaks of stories from the Old Testament that express great significance towards the story. .
The passage chosen is located in a perfect spot within the Gospel of Mark. The passage is right after chapter 6, which talks about the twelve disciples and much of their travels in which he did not mention much of Jesus. This chapter made Mark realize that Jesus needs to be involved in the next chapter, so that is what he did. Mark also uses the word "he" a lot to describe and show some coaches what I can do. He decided to try and show that Jesus is out teaching the word by himself. Many might believe that Mark deliberately placed this passage right where it is because he didn't want to expose Jesus to early. So he decided in Chapter 6 to give out background information on the disciples before he introduced to the miracles of Jesus. The placement of the passage was located perfectly within the Gospel of Mark.
Although this passage was located where it was, some of the other surrounding passages all dealt with the same principle.