One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when heContinue reading “Mark 2: 23- 3:6….Double Trouble!”
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Mark 2: 13-22….Jesus picks an ‘Odd One’ and causes a ‘Situation’!
He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.And as he reclined at tableContinue reading “Mark 2: 13-22….Jesus picks an ‘Odd One’ and causes a ‘Situation’!”
Mark 2 : 1-12….Remember that Mark is setting out the Evidence that Jesus is the Son of God!
And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. AndContinue reading “Mark 2 : 1-12….Remember that Mark is setting out the Evidence that Jesus is the Son of God!”
Mark 1:32-45….An Amazing Medical Clinic
That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. And the whole city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.And risingContinue reading “Mark 1:32-45….An Amazing Medical Clinic”
Mark 1: 21-31….Starting a 3 year campaign trail!
And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,Continue reading “Mark 1: 21-31….Starting a 3 year campaign trail!”
Mark 1: 9-19….The Promised Messiah enters the story.
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; withContinue reading “Mark 1: 9-19….The Promised Messiah enters the story.”
Mark 1: 1-8….A Herald to blaze the way for the Coming King.
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,“Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness:Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”4 John appeared, baptizing in theContinue reading “Mark 1: 1-8….A Herald to blaze the way for the Coming King.”
Mark 16: 14-20…..A quick summary….
Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.Continue reading “Mark 16: 14-20…..A quick summary….”
Mark 16: 9-15…..He said that He would rise!
Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her,Continue reading “Mark 16: 9-15…..He said that He would rise!”
Mark 16: 1-8…..True or false?
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll awayContinue reading “Mark 16: 1-8…..True or false?”
As I read it! 