Jesus is doing the unexpected. He is different than the pharisees and even John’s disciples. Contention develops even more with those watching. Jesus is being watched on all sides. He doesn’t act like anyone who has ever come before. He EATS WITH SINNERS! He doesn’t fast. He even allows His disciples to ‘work’ on the […]
Luke shares with us the calling of Matthew to the role of Jesus’ disciple. We looked at Matthew’s telling of his own story a while back. In that blog we looked at the calling as if we watched it happen personally. You can pop back over and check it out if you would like. The […]
We join Jesus walking by the sea again today. I’m assuming that it was the Sea of Galilee, but we are not told what city He was near. Wherever He is He has a LARGE crowd following Him, again. No problem; its lesson time! Mark doesn’t tell us what lesson Jesus was teaching or how […]
We finally get to meet our author in today’s passage. Jesus meets him as He is walking along the road. Matthew is sitting in his tax boot collecting taxes. Was that anything like a toll booth where you have to pay to pass on the specific road? I wonder where Jesus was going on this […]