We join Jesus today as He is in a group of people when His mother and brothers show up to take Him home. They set out to “seize” Him in verse 21. Now they are at the door and “want a word with Him.” Jesus’ family set out from Nazareth a couple of days ago. […]
We join Jesus today as He is healing people from diseases and casting out demons. Mark doesn’t give us a location for this encounter, but it could have been anywhere and anytime in Jesus’ ministry. This was what He did on a daily basis. Mark tells us that the scribes, who came from Jerusalem, were […]
Jesus has finished His marathon teaching on the seashore and heads into the mountains. Here he is going to appoint His next line of command, His Apostles. Mark tells us that Jesus went up on the mountain and called to Him those who He wanted, and they came to Him. I’m wondering if, when He […]
Jesus left Capernaum and we are going to join Him and His disciples somewhere on the banks of the Sea of Galilee. We don’t know how long He is here but it is long enough for people from OVER 100 miles away to join Him. Jesus is on the seashore and Mark reports that people […]
I was getting ready to move into the next section of our reading today and realized that I left the last verse off of yesterday’s reading. I thought about skipping verse 6 and just moving on, but that didn’t feel right. Then I thought about tagging it onto the front of today’s text. Then I […]