Then he asked them, “Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?” Mark 4:40 NABRE Mark tells the story of Jesus and His disciple’s crossing the sea. While in their boat a storm rises up and tossing the boat it begins to fill with water. The disciples are…
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But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on [your] right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. Matthew 5:39 NABRE Jesus is teaching His disciples about retaliation, if someone attacks or offends you, pause, then accept more of…
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He said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.” Mark 4:26-27 NABRE Jesus teaches about…
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He said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.” Mark 12:24 NABRE We read Jesus’ words at a meal of unleavened bread and Passover called the Last Supper. The Passover is the highest feast in Israelite history. It refers to the blood…
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For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.” Mark 12:44 NABRE Jesus sits in the temple and observes those coming and in particular those who are donating to the temple treasury. For many giving to the…
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