Category: Daily Bible Readings

Mark 1:40-2:12.  Mark sure gets right down to business.  This section begins with another miracle.  A leper is healed “immediately” of his illness.  We talked about how that word has the idea of Jesus’ actions being appropriate but it can also mean “right now” and that is obviously what it means in this verse, but Read more

Mark 1:21-39.  Yesterday we saw that Mark’s history of Jesus really moves.  Mark’s gospel was written originally for the believers living in the capital city of Rome.  The early church suffered at the hands of both the Jewish people and the local authorities, both of whom saw them as a threat to the way life Read more