Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching heContinue reading “Mark 4: 1-9….. The Sower Parable.”
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Mark 3: 31-35…..Jesus’ Family.
And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. And a crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, seeking you.” And he answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking about at those whoContinue reading “Mark 3: 31-35…..Jesus’ Family.”
Mark 3: 22-30….A strong answer and a severe warning.
And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he casts out the demons.” And he called them to him and said to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.Continue reading “Mark 3: 22-30….A strong answer and a severe warning.”
Mark 3: 20-22…..What is this all about?
Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by theContinue reading “Mark 3: 20-22…..What is this all about?”
Mark 3: 7-19….A very busy period!
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. And he told his disciples to have a boatContinue reading “Mark 3: 7-19….A very busy period!”
Mark 2: 23- ch 3:6….. Following up on necessary change.
One Sabbath he was going through the grain-fields, 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- ch 3:6….. Following up on necessary change.”
Mark 1: 40-45….. Leprosy
And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly chargedContinue reading “Mark 1: 40-45….. Leprosy”
Mark 1: 35-39…..An escape made!
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” And he said to them, “LetContinue reading “Mark 1: 35-39…..An escape made!”
Mark 1 : 29-34….. Jesus power over physical disease!
And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began toContinue reading “Mark 1 : 29-34….. Jesus power over physical disease!”
Mark 1: 21-28…..Jesus power over an unclean spirit.
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: 21-28…..Jesus power over an unclean spirit.”
As I read it! 