He enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” Mark 8:15 NABRE Jesus is warning His disciples about being influenced by the Pharisees (religious leadership) and Herod (political leadership.) Jesus uses leaven to represent something small having a great impact as leaven…
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He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” Mark 8:12 NABRE Jesus is asked for a sign by the religious leadership. He sighs from the depth of His…
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Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” Mark 1:41 NABRE Jesus is travelling from village to village teaching and healing. A man with a skin disease called leprosy comes and kneels before him and says if…
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He said to her, “Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” Mark 7:27 NABRE Jesus travels to the district of Tyre, approximately forty miles northwest of the Sea of Galilee and Capernaum where…
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He summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” Mark 7:14-15 NABRE Jesus was questioned by the religious leaders about His disciples…
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