Author: Peter Marshall

Gospel Passage: Mark 6:7-13 Calling the Twelve to him, Jesus began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. Whenever you enter…

Gospel Passage: Mark 6:1-6 Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are…

Gospel Passage: Mark 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the synagogue leaders named Jairus came and, when he saw Jesus, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the…

Gospel Passage: Mark 4:35-41 When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took Jesus with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so…

Gospel Passage: Mark 4:26-34 Such a large crowd gathered around Jesus that he got into a boat and began to teach them using many parables. Jesus said: “The kingdom of God is as if a man would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout…

Gospel Passage: Mark 3:20-35 “Jesus went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When is family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and…

Gospel Passage: Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 On the First Day of the Unleavened Bread, when the Passover Lamb is sacrificed, the disciples said to Jesus, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat Passover?” So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a…

Gospel Passage: Matthew 28:16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,…

Gospel Passage: John 21:20-25 It was evening on the day Jesus rose from the dead, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this,…

Gospel Passage: Mark 16:15-20 Jesus appeared to the eleven and said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. The one who believes and is baptized will be saved; but the one who does not believe will be condemned. And these things will accompany those who believe…