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    Area of Study 4A: Mark’s Gospel - Section 2: The Nature of Discipleship — Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies A

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    1. 2.1 The call of the first disciples (Mark 1:14–20, 2:13–17): how this shows the nature of discipleship in showing the willingness to immediately follow Jesus regardless of consequence and how this might affect a Christian today; the sending out of the Twelve (Mark 6:7–13), how this shows the nature of discipleship, including the command to take nothing for the journey and the responsibility to preach and serve; divergent ways in which it affects ideas about Christian living today.

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