Text: Mark 13:1-8 (The Message) Doomsday Deceivers 13 As he walked away from the Temple, one of his disciples said, “Teacher, look at that stonework! Those buildings!” 2 Jesus said, “You’re impressed by this grandiose architecture? There’s not a stone in the whole works that is not going to end up in […]

Text: Mark 12:38-44 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Jesus Denounces the Scribes 38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places 39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at […]

Text: Mark 12:28-34Revised Standard Version (RSV) The First Commandment 28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our […]

Text: Mark 10:46-52Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 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. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus […]

Text: Mark 10:35-45Revised 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 want […]