Teaching About Divorce
Mar 10:6-9 LSB - [6] "But from the beginning of creation, [God] MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. [7] "FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, [8] AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. [9] "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
Jesus Blesses Little Children
Mar 10:14 LSB - [14] But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Children Brought to Christ, Not to the Font - Spurgeon
I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn words of my good mother. It was the custom on Sunday evenings, while we were yet little children, for her to stay at home with us, and then we sat round the table and read verse by verse, and she explained the Scripture to us. After that was done, then came the time of pleading; there was a little piece of "Alleyn's Alarm," or of Baxter's "Call to the Unconverted," and this was read with pointed observations made to each of us as we sat round the table; and the question was asked how long it would be before we would think about our state, how long before we would seek the Lord. Then came a mother's prayer, and some of the words of a mother's prayer we shall never forget, even when our hair is grey. I remember on one occasion her praying thus: "Now, Lord, if my children go on in their sins, it will not be from ignorance that they perish, and my soul must bear a swift witness against them at the day of judgment if they lay not hold of Christ." That thought of a mother's bearing swift witness against me, pierced my conscience and stirred my heart. This pleading with them for God and with God for them is the true way to bring children to Christ. Sunday-school teachers! you have a high and noble work, press forward in it. In our schools you do not try to bring children to the baptistry for regeneration, you point them away from ceremonies; if I know the teachers of this school aright, I know you are trying to bring your classes to Christ. Let Christ be the sum and substance of your teaching in the school. Young men and young women, in your classes lift up Christ, lift him up on high; and if anybody shall say to you, "Why do you thus talk to the children?" you can say, "Because my soul yearns towards them, and I pant for their conversion;" and if any should afterwards object, you can remember that Jesus is greatly displeased with them, and not with you, for you only obey the injunction, "Feed my lambs."
Mar 10:15 LSB - [15] "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it [at all]."
The Rich Young Ruler
Mar 10:29-30 LSB - [29] Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, [30] except [one who] will receive one hundred times as much now in the present age--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, [along] with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.
Jesus Again Foretells His Death and Resurrection
Mar 10:33-34 LSB - [33] "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles. [34] "And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and flog Him and kill [Him], and three days later He will rise again."
A Request for Status
Mar 43-45 LSB - [43] "But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; [44] and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. [45] "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
Bartimaeus Regains His Sight
Mar 10:47 LSB - [47] And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"
Mar 10:51-52 LSB - [51] And Jesus answered him and said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, [I want] to regain my sight!" [52] And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has saved you." Immediately he regained his sight and [began] following Him on the road.
The Triumphal Entry
Mar 11:3 LSB - [3] "And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' you say, 'The Lord has need of it'; and immediately he will send it back here."
Mar 11:7-9 LSB - [7] And they brought the colt to Jesus and put their garments on it; and He sat on it. [8] And many spread their garments in the road, and others [spread] leafy branches, having cut [them] from the fields. [9] And those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD;
The Barren Fig Tree
Jesus Drives Merchants from the Temple
Mar 11:17 LSB - [17] And He [began to] teach and say to them, "Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS'? But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN."
Isa 56:6-7 LSB - [6] "Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yahweh, To be His slaves, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And takes hold of My covenant, [7] Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them glad in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples."
Mar 11:23-24 LSB - [23] "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be [granted] him. [24] "For this reason I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be [granted] to you.
Mar 11:25-26 LSB - [25] "And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. [26] ["But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions."]
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
Parable of the Vine-Growers
Mar 12:10-11 LSB - [10] "Have you not even read this Scripture: 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNER [stone]; [11] THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?"
Psa 118:22-23 LSB - [22] The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner [stone]. [23] This is from Yahweh; It is marvelous in our eyes.
1Pe 2:6-8 LSB - [6] For [this] is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER [stone], AND HE WHO BELIEVES UPON HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME." [7] This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNER [stone]," [8] and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE." They stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this [stumbling] they were also appointed.
Taxes to Caesar
Mar 12:17 LSB - [17] And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him.
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
Mar 12:25-26 LSB - [25] "For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. [26] "But regarding the fact that the dead are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the [passage] about [the burning] bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'?
The Foremost Commandment
Mar 12:32-33 LSB - [32] And the scribe said to Him, "Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that HE IS ONE, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE BESIDES HIM; [33] AND TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE ONE'S NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
The Widow’s Offering
Mar 12:43-44 LSB - [43] And calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all those putting [money] into the treasury; [44] for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on."
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