The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. He sighed deeply and said, “Why does...

People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” ...

“Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” Then he told her, “For such a reply, you may go; the...

He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts...

The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating...

Read Mark 6:45 - 52 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. [Mark 6:48 NIV] From...

Read Mark 6:30 - 44 They all ate and were satisfied, [Mark 6:42 NIV] From <https://www.bible.com/en-GB/bible/111/MRK.6.NIV> [Photo by...

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by...

Read Mark 6:14-29) But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!” [Mark 6: 16 NIV] From...

Read Mark 6:6b - 12 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. [Mark...

Read Mark 6:1-6. He was amazed at their lack of faith. [Mark 6:6 NIV] [Photo by Ross Sneddon on Unsplash.] Jesus clearly expected these...

Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23He pleaded earnestly with him, “My...

Read Mark 5: 25-29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. [Mark 5:29 NIV] This...

Read Mark 5:1-20 [Photo by Amber Kipp on Unsplash.] Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region. [Mark 5:17] What...

They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” [Mark 4:41 NIV] [Photo by Tengyart on...

Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed,...

[Photo by Karren McPherson.] He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day,...

[Photo by Karren McPherson] He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its...

Read Mark 4: 1- 8 and 9-20 for more commentary on the parable. See end of blog for quotation. This is a very well-known parable and it...

He told them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so...

Read Mark 3:31-35 [Printed at conclusion of this blog] You might expect Jesus family members to be his most loyal supporters. There is a...

Read Mark 3:20 - 29. [Full passage printed at end of blog] Jesus utters a very sharp condemnation against these teachers of the law for...

Read Mark 3:13-18 [Passage printed at end of blog] Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to...

After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched...

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him. [Mark 3:6 NET]...

Read Mark 2:23-28 [Passage quoted in full at the end of the blog.] Let me explain the reference to "Custard Christians," as it might be a...

We might find this a bit confusing. What is all this about sewing a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment and putting new wine into...

[Photo by Usman Yousaf on Unsplash] I need to be persuaded to phone the doctor's surgery. Maybe it's a 'man thing' but I would bury my...

[Picture courtesy of The Chosen - permission granted.] He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was...

Read Mark 2: 6-12 [Passage cited at end of blog] One of the many ways I used to try to entertain my classes in a large secondary school...

Will we make a special effort to make sure that people who are in desperate need of help encounter the Saviour of the World?

When I was a wee boy I used to imagine that I would only need to preach to people in my town and they would all become Christians. It...

Read Mark 1:43-45 (quoted at the end of the blog) In these verses there are two interesting statements which are very exceptional and...

Read Mark 1: 40-45 Here we have a description of the healing of a leper. I have personally never met anyone with leprosy nor have I ever...

[Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash] Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a...

And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill...

Read Mark 1: 23-26. In his first chapter, Mark records an incident where Jesus commanded an evil spirit to leave a man, whom Jesus met...

They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his...

Read Mark 1:16-20 I am being old-fashioned with my title for this blog. You will not find it in modern translations of this passage in...

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of...

[Photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash.] At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being...

[Photo by Sam Schooler on Unsplash.] I believe that everything happens at God's perfect timing. Jesus is about to begin His public...

[Photo by John Tyson on Unsplash.] If there is one lesson we should learn from John Baptist it is this - he gave Jesus the important...

“Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.” ‭[‭Mark‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭ESV‬]...

[Photo from RJ Portwine on Unsplash.] Our 21st century society worships celebrities. An industry has grown up to manage their profile and...

The beginning of the Gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. [Mark 1:1 NIV] This is how Mark begins his Gospel. He does not have a...

[Photo by Bradley Dunn on Unsplash] There is an incident recorded in Mark's Gospel which is not mentioned elsewhere in the New Testament....

[Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash.] Of course it's different, you may say. There are four Gospels and they are all different. And...

[Photo by Amritanshu Sikdar from Unsplash] When we left our study of John Mark we saw a young man who had a great start in the Christian...

For the next few months the plan is to study the first half of Mark's Gospel but before we begin our study in Chapter 1, I want to...