

Mark 13:3-13, Signs of the End of the Age
[Jesus leaves the temple for the Mount of Olives. In Ezekiel 11:23 the glory of the Lord leaves the temple and pauses at the mountain...
Aug 19, 20253 min read


Mark 13:1-2, Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple
1 And as he came out of the temple [this symbolizes the temple’s end in the purposes of God] , one of his disciples said to him,...
Aug 18, 20251 min read


Mark 12:41-44, The Widow's Offering
41 And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. [The setting is the Court of the...
Aug 15, 20251 min read


Mark 12:38-40, Beware of the Scribes
38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces ...
Aug 14, 20251 min read


Mark 12:35-37, Whose Son Is the Christ?
35 And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? 36 David himself, in the...
Aug 13, 20251 min read


Mark 12:28-34, The Great Commandment
28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which...
Aug 12, 20252 min read


Mark 12:18-27, The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
18 And Sadducees [who only took the Pentateuch as their authority and not Isaiah and Daniel which the Pharisees used for their theology...
Aug 11, 20252 min read


Mark 12:13-17, Paying Taxes to Caesar
13 And they sent to him some of the Pharisees [those who tolerated Roman rule for their own advantages but would prefer them gone] and...
Aug 8, 20252 min read


Mark 12:1-12, The Parable of the Tenants
1 And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard [a major and long-term investment] and put a fence around it...
Aug 7, 20252 min read


Mark 11:27-33, The Authority of Jesus Challenged
[Jesus is teaching in the Court of the Gentiles, which he has just cleaned out, but we learn nothing of his teaching but of his deepening...
Aug 6, 20251 min read



