A Foreigner’s Faith. Mark 7:24-30. And from there he rose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell […]
A Challenge from the Pharisees, Part 3. Mark 7:14-23. And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand:” There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” And when […]
A Challenge from the Pharisees, Part 2. Mark 7:8-13. You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men. And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!”For Moses said, ‘Honour your father and mother’; and ‘Whoever reviles father or mother […]
A Challenge from the Pharisees, Part 1. Mark 7:1-7. Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, They saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands […]
Healing Many at Gennesaret. Mark 6:53-56. When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him And ran about the whole region and began to bring the sick people on their beds to wherever they heard he […]
Walking on Water. Mark 6:45-52. Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and […]
Feeding the Five Thousand.Mark 6:35-44. And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. “Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” And they […]
The Need for Solitude. Mark 6:30-34. The disciples returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest awhile.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the […]
An Oath that Cost a Life Mark 6:21-29. But an opportunity came when Herod gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee on his birthday. For when Herodias’s daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever […]
Herod’s Conflict with John. Mark 6:17-20. For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife because he had married her. For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”And Herodias had a […]