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.”

Mark 1: 12-14…..Presented facts but some hard to understand.

(The Temptation of Jesus)The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.(Jesus Begins His Ministry)Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, andContinue reading “Mark 1: 12-14…..Presented facts but some hard to understand.”

Mark 1: 6-11…..Unexpected Events.

Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, butContinue reading “Mark 1: 6-11…..Unexpected Events.”

Mark 1: 1-5…..The Son of God

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,the voice of one crying in the wilderness:Prepare the way of the Lord,make his paths straight,’”John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism ofContinue reading “Mark 1: 1-5…..The Son of God”

Galatians 6: 11-18….A quick summary.

See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who are circumcisedContinue reading “Galatians 6: 11-18….A quick summary.”

Galatians 5: 1-12….An unexpected wish!

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the wholeContinue reading “Galatians 5: 1-12….An unexpected wish!”