A         TEXT Setting 46 And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae’us, a blind beggar, the son of Timae’us, was sitting by the roadside. Cry for Mercy 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and

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35 And James and John, the sons of Zeb’edee, came forward to him, and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”

TEXT: – Mark 10:17–31 — Riches & Discipleship “What must I do?” 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Do this 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call

TEXT — Mark 10: 1–16 — “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” Setting 1       And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again; and again, as his custom was, he taught them. Question of Divorce 2 And Pharisees came

TEXT — Mark 9: 38–48 — Tolerance Yet Radical Commitment A Mind Open to Others 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him; for no one who does a

TEXT — Mark 9: 30–37 — Second Prediction of Passion Second Prediction of Passion 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; 31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men,

PETER’S CONFESSION OF FAITH. PREDICTION OF PASSION A         TEXT (MARK 8: 27–35) Who Do Men Say I Am? 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare’a Philip’pi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist;

  TEXT — Mark 7: 31-37 — Cure of a Deaf Mute   Setting: Outside Judeae 31 Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decap’olis. Deaf Man with Speech Impediment 32 And they brought to him a man who was

TEXT — Mark 7: 1–8, 14–15, 21–23 — Laws Human and Divine Disciples with Unwashed Hands 1 Now when the Pharisees gathered together to him, with some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, 2 they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (For the Pharisees, and

TEXT: – John 06: 60–71        Reactions to the Bread of Life Discourse A Hard Saying 60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” Jesus’ Response 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take