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______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Stand faithful amid persecution. ______________________________________________________________ Chapter 13 1 As he was making his way out of the temple area one of his disciples said to him, “Look, teacher, what stones and what buildings!” 2 Jesus said to him, “Do you … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’  ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’  There is no other commandment greater than … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ The entry of Jesus in Jerusalem was the preface of His condemnation by the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish tribunal, and His sentencing to death on a cross by Pilate, the Roman provincial governor. ______________________________________________________________ Chapter 11 The Entry … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.  Whatever authority the disciples will exercise must be rendered as service to others.  The service of Jesus is His passion and death for … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ The Full Revelation of the Mystery of Jesus has started. ______________________________________________________________  IV. The Full Revelation of the Mystery The Greatest in the Kingdom. 33 They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Jesus has momentarily glimpsed in His true identity when He is transfigured before three of the disciples, but He is moving obediently along the way to his cross in Jerusalem. The disciples did not grasp the mystery being … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ The Pharisees objected that Jesus’ miracles were unsatisfactory for proving the arrival of the Messiah. ______________________________________________________________ Chapter 8 The Feeding of the Four Thousand. 1 In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Jesus exalts the word of God over “the tradition of the elders” and sees defilement as a matter of the heart, not of unclean foods. The gospel was likely written in Rome shortly before 70 A.D., at a … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Jesus performed healings, miracles at the Sea of Galilee, and marvelous feedings of the crowds. ______________________________________________________________ Chapter 6 The Rejection at Nazareth.  1  He departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. 2  When … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Jesus reacted to human events with sympathy though His real identity remained a mystery except for demons in demoniacs. ______________________________________________________________ Chapter 5 The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac. 1  They came to the other side of the sea, … Continue reading →