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Mark 3:1-6

¹ Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. ² And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. ³ And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” ⁴ And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵ And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.

Questions

The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

And Jesus’ first message to the world was:

Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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²³ One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. ²⁴ And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵ And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him: ²⁶ how he entered the house of God, in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those who were with him?” ²⁷ And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. ²⁸ So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

And Jesus’ first message to the world was:

Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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¹⁸ Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁹ And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. ²¹ No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins—and the wine is destroyed, and so are the skins. But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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¹⁵ And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. ¹⁶ And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹⁷ And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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¹³ He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. ¹⁴ And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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¹ And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. ² And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.

³ And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. ⁴ And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. ⁵ And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ⁶ Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, ⁷ “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” ⁸ And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? ⁹ Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? ¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— ¹¹ “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” ¹² And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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⁴⁰ And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.”

⁴¹ Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” ⁴² And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. ⁴³ And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, ⁴⁴ and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” ⁴⁵ But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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³⁵ And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. ³⁶ And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, ³⁷ and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” ³⁸ And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” ³⁹ And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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³² That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. ³³ And the whole city was gathered together at the door. ³⁴ And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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²⁹ And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. ³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. ³¹ And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

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The gospel of Mark opens with these words:

Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  

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Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

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• What does this text reveal about Jesus?
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