Text: Mark 10:35-45 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Request of James and John 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 […]

Text: Mark 10:2-16 Revised Standard Version (RSV) 2 And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” 4 They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to […]

Text: Mark 9:30-37 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Jesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection 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 […]

Text: Mark 8:27-38 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Peter’s Declaration about Jesus 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesare′a Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Eli′jah; […]

Text:  Mark 10:13-16 The Message (MSG) 13-16 The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: “Don’t push these children away. Don’t ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center […]