Category: Daily Bible Readings

Mark 12:35-44. It’s interesting that yesterday’s reading ended with the statement that no one asked Jesus questions any more but today’s reading starts out with Jesus “answering”.  It may be that he was continuing his discussion with the particular scribe that had asked him the question about the greatest commandment.  Verse 35 says that his Read more

Mark 12:18-34. In yesterday’s reading we saw continuing conflict between Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders.  The leaders wanted to get rid of him but they were playing politics because they knew that many of the people respected him.  There were several groups of religious leaders during the time of Jesus.  These groups included the Read more