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30 sie 2015 · Commentary on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 In this text, Jesus addresses three different audiences: a group of Pharisees and scribes who raise the question of defilement, the crowd that is perpetually present, and the disciples who, true to character in Mark’s Gospel, don’t understand.
1. (1-5) Religious leaders from Jerusalem come to find fault and to ask questions about the failure of the disciples to observe ceremonial washings. Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem.
2 wrz 2012 · The narrator’s comment in verse 3 about “all the Jews” overstates the case; different Jews followed different traditions. Yet the scribes and Pharisees’ question in verse 5 implicitly criticizes those disciples.
26 sie 2015 · The bag looks lovely on the outside, but the black heart spoils it. There is no point having the lovely colours on the outside if the heart inside is full of darkness. Turn to the other side and look at the shiny heart. If your heart is full of light then the colours of the outside show brightly.
1 wrz 2024 · Jesus wades through the waters of traditionalism to get to his more significant point. It is not the external that matters—nothing on the outside defiles. The behaviors and actions that flow from within are what matter. This is a good time for readers to say “ouch” if we are hesitant to say “amen.”.
26 sie 2024 · The human heart is depicted by Jesus as a powerful place of connection. It is in our hearts that our intentions and motivations are connected to our actions. It is in our hearts that we know the power of the Spirit and the reign of Christ Jesus.
22 sie 2021 · A reading from the gospel according to Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. 1 When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, 2 they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
