Journey to Wholeness
In the course of his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and accept greetings in the marketplaces, seats of honor in synagogues, and places of honor at banquets.… Read the rest
As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Messiah is the son of David?… Read the rest
One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”… Read the rest
Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and put this question to him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’… Read the rest
“Render to Caesar” (3 panels)
Mark 12:17 “in a snailshell”
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
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Some Pharisees and Herodians were sent to Jesus to ensnare him in his speech. They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion.… Read the rest
The beloved Son was crushed like grapes to become the wine that saves us.
He began to speak to them in parables. … Read the rest
They returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things?… Read the rest
Blind Bartimaeus cried out in faith—and Jesus opened his eyes.
They came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.… Read the rest
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.… Read the rest
