Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way. Luke 6:26 NABRE Luke writes about a sermon Jesus provides to a crowd which includes four blessings and four woes. Blessings are used to mean happy, Jesus for example says, happy…
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My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. Mark 8:2 NABRE Jesus has a great crowd following Him, wherever He goes people are there to listen and be healed. In the story Mark is…
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He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. Mark 7:36 NABRE Jesus continues to travel around the upper region, heading by way of the Sea of Galilee to the Decapolis, an area to the east of the sea.…
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She replied and said to him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.” Mark 7:28 NABRE Jesus travels to a Gentile part of the land, in the hope of not being recognized and getting some peace and time to be alone with his disciples. But, a…
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All these evils come from within and they defile. Mark 7:23 NABRE Jesus has engaged with the religious leaders from the temple about ritual purity and following tradition over God’s commandments. Following this encounter Jesus provides a teaching on food cleanliness. The Jews select certain food as being clean and…
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