Journey to Wholeness
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
When they lead you away and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say. But say whatever will be given to you at that hour.
In the boat with one loaf of bread, Jesus reveals deeper truth beyond physical hunger.
They had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. … Read the rest
Discover the profound sigh of Christ: healing the deaf, grieving the faithless Pharisees’ hardened hearts.
And people brought to Jesus a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. … Read the rest
Jesus multiplied seven loaves to feed thousands, prefiguring the abundant kingdom banquet for all nations.
In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If… Read the rest
In Mark 7, Jesus heals the deaf mute, commanding “Ephphatha!” to open ears and loosen tongues in divine mercy.
Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And… Read the rest
A desperate mother’s wit turns “dogs” into cherished puppies, feasting on the Hound of Heaven’s mercy.
Jesus went to the district of Tyre. … Read the rest