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

JOHN 6: 41–51   BREAD OF LIFE, Part II Ordinary Time, Sunday 19B A         TEXT Jews’ Objection 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I AM the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he

TEXT: John 6: 51–59 — Bread of Life, Part III   Living Bread from Heaven 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” Dispute

JOHN 6: 22–40         BREAD OF LIFE, Part I Ordinary Time, Sunday 18B (John 6: 24–35)   A         TEXT New Setting 22 On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his

JOHN 06: 01–15:      JESUS FEEDS 5,000 MEN A         TEXT Setting 1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber’i–as. 2 And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased. 3 Jesus went up on the

TEA: Text, Explanation, Application Mark 6: 30–34   TEXT: Mark 6: 30–34 Return of the Twelve Disciples ‘Apostles’ Return from Mission 30 The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. Jesus’ Concern for the Twelve 31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely

TEA: Text, Explanation, Application   TEXT  Mark 6: 7 — 13         The Twelve Sent on Mission   Call and Mission 7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

TEA: Text, Explanation, Application TEXT  Mark 6:1–6   Setting 1 He went away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed him. Rejection of Jesus 2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get all