But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, heContinue reading “Mark 9: 22b-29…..He’s dead!”
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Mark 9: 14-22…..The disciples could not do it.
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” And someone from the crowdContinue reading “Mark 9: 14-22…..The disciples could not do it.”
Mark 9: 9-13….The return trek.
And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say thatContinue reading “Mark 9: 9-13….The return trek.”
Mark 9: 1-8…. A clearer picture.
And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.”And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. AndContinue reading “Mark 9: 1-8…. A clearer picture.”
Mark 8: 31-38….The straight talking Jesus.
And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning andContinue reading “Mark 8: 31-38….The straight talking Jesus.”
Mark 8: 27-30….Clear sight at last.
And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say thatContinue reading “Mark 8: 27-30….Clear sight at last.”
Mark 8: 22-26….We need clear vision!
And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do youContinue reading “Mark 8: 22-26….We need clear vision!”
Mark 8: 14-21….One thing leads to another.
Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. And Jesus, aware ofContinue reading “Mark 8: 14-21….One thing leads to another.”
Mark 8: 11-13…An abridged account.
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” And he left them, got into theContinue reading “Mark 8: 11-13…An abridged account.”
Mark 8: 1-10….Another feast provided.
In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to theirContinue reading “Mark 8: 1-10….Another feast provided.”
As I read it! 