Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Mark 7:1–23—The outside and the inside 1 One day some Pharisees and teachers of religious law arrived from Jerusalem to confront Jesus. 2 They noticed that some of Jesus’ disciples failed to follow the usual Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating. 3 (The Jews,...

Monday, March 24, 2014

Week Three of 40 Days through Mark’s Good News  Mark 6:45–56—Jesus walks on the water 45 Immediately after this, Jesus made his disciples get back into the boat and head out across the lake to Bethsaida, while he sent the people home. 46 Afterward he went up into the...

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Mark 6:30–44—Jesus feeds the masses                                                     30 The apostles returned to Jesus from their ministry tour and told him all they had done and what they had taught. 31 Then Jesus said, “Let’s get away from the crowds for a while...

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Mark 6:14–29—Herod and the death of John the Baptist 14 Herod Antipas, the king, soon heard about Jesus, because people everywhere were talking about him. Some were saying, “This must be John the Baptist come back to life again. That is why he can do such miracles.”...

Friday, March 21, 2014

Mark 6:1–13—Jesus’s hometown welcome    1 Jesus left that part of the country and returned with his disciples to Nazareth, his hometown. 2 The next Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They asked, “Where did he get all...

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Mark 5:21–43—Jairus and the Woman 21 When Jesus went back across to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 A leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, came and fell down before him, 23 pleading with him to heal his...