Mark

June 28, 2021 – Monday                                                               Mark 5:36       NIV 36 Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.” Mark 5:36       CJB 36 Ignoring what they had said, Yeshua told the synagogue official, “Don’t be afraid, just keep trusting.” Comment  Sometimes having two versions really helps. As here we know the him Jesus is speaking to is the synagogue official per the Complete Jewish Bible (CJB).  But what was Jesus overheard and ignored? To make sense of that we…

September 09, 2020 – Wednesday                                       Mark 16:15-18     NIV 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;…

September 08, 2020 – Tuesday      Mark 16:9-14     NIV 9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with Him and who were mourning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen Him, they did not believe it.  12 Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them…

September 07, 2020 – Monday                                          Mark 15:31-32     NIV 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked Him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but He can’t save himself! 32 Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with Him also heaped insults…

September 04, 2020 – Friday       Mark 13:20-23     NIV 20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened them. 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.…

September 03, 2020 – Thursday                    Mark 11:29-33     NIV 29 Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer Me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!” 31 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’  32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ …” (They feared the…

September 02, 2020 – Wednesday                Mark 11:22-24     NIV 22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 9:22-24    …

September 01, 2020 – Tuesday      Mark 9:42     NIV 42 If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. Mark 9:42     ESV 42 Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown…

August 31, 2020 – Monday                                               Mark 9:21-24     NIV 21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. 22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” 23  “If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible…

August 27, 2020 – Thursday                     Mark 1:14b-15     NIV 14b Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.  15 “The time has come,” He said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Comment Another word for proclaiming is preaching, so we may say Jesus went into Galilee, preaching the good news of God. No matter which gospel you read it is easy to forget Jesus was a preacher. And what He…

April 07, 2020 – Tuesday Mark 10:29-30  NIV 29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for Me and the gospel  30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. Comments First of all an apology. Yesterday I sent out the verses of the…