Paying Taxes to Caesar. Mark 12:13-17. And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk. And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly […]
The Parable of the Ungrateful Tenants, Part 2. Mark 12:6-12. “He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally, he sent him to them saying, ‘They will respect my son.’” But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. ‘” And they […]
The Parable of the Ungrateful Tenants, Part 1. Mark 12:1-5. And he began to speak to them in parables, “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country. “When the season came, he […]
By what Authority? Mark 11:27-33. And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, And they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” Jesus said to […]
The Power of Faith. Mark 11:20-26. As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. “Truly I say to you, whoever says to this […]
Cleansing the Temple. Mark 11:15-19. And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple. And he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the […]
The Fruitless Fig Tree. Mark 11:12-14. On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for […]
Revealing the King. Mark 11:7-11. And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is he […]
Preparing the Stage. Mark 11:1-6. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples And said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever […]
An Insistent Beggar. Mark 10:46-52. And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of […]