"Giving it ALL to Jesus" -2

It would also make sense that Mark was a Levite, just like his cousin Barnabas was; which would explain his keeping of the Law, if he was that 'rich young ruler' from Luke 18. But to sell all that he had, and give it all away; everything but a linen cloth wrapped around himself. It was as if he wanted to be just like his Master; since Jesus had no belongings, with the exception of His cloths, Mark was going to follow in His footsteps. Over 90% of Mark's Gospel is covered in Matthew and Luke; however, Mark gives more vivid details, and focuses more on the superhuman power of Jesus. Mark presents Jesus as God's Son in action, by telling more of what Jesus did, and less of what He said. This I believe was due in part to his own experience of doing; because if he was that 'rich young ruler' that walked away from Jesus sad, when Jesus said, "Sell all that you have and give it to the poor, and follow me", then he had made a choice to do just that, sometime after that encounter. And in making that choice, he experienced the freedom of giving it ALL to Jesus; which, for a lack of better words, was the action of doing what Jesus had instructed him to do. You have heard the expression, 'giving the shirt off his back'; well, for the 'young man' in Mark 14:51 & 52, that became quite an understatement. But seriously, the way of the Master, is to live the sacrifice; to give your All for the Kingdom of God, means to not hold back anything. And, just in case you wanted to argue the point that Jesus asked him to give everything to the poor, because Jesus was concerned for the poor; then we should look to the example of the one who was thought to be Mark's mother. It is found in John 12:3-7, and shows Mary taking a pound of very expensive ointment (very costly is the description), and anointed the feet of Jesus. The sum of cost for this ointment was most likely the annual income of a labourer in that time; which was the reason that Judas Iscariot spoke out the way that he did: "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?" It says in the next verse, that Judas did not really care for the poor, but that he cared about the money, and could not stand to see all of that costly material to be wasted. However, Jesus answered back, "Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you; but Me ye have not always." I might be reading a little much into this, but if I was not mistaken, I think that Mary's riches were also Mark's riches; and since he sold all that he had, then she too was now poor; however, this jar of ointment was something that she held unto for the purpose of this day, and the anointing of the feet of Jesus. (But that is just my thought on the matter.)