Mark Day 18
on February 27th, 2023
DAY 18 | MARCH 1, 2023Mark 4: 26-34He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the ... Read More
Day 17
on February 25th, 2023
DAY 17 | FEBRUARY 28, 2023Mark 4: 21-25He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”'“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will b... Read More
Day 16
on February 25th, 2023
Day 16 | February 27, 2023Mark 4: 1-20Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along... Read More
Mark Day 14
on February 25th, 2023
DAY 14 - FEBRUARY 25, 2023Mark 3: 20-30Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demo... Read More
Mark Day 13
on February 25th, 2023
DAY THIRTEEN | FEBRUARY 25, 2023Mark 3: 13-19Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons. These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave... Read More
Mark Day 12
on February 24th, 2023
DAY THIRTEEN | FEBRUARY 24, 2023 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. For he... Read More
Mark Day 11
on February 21st, 2023
DAY ELEVEN - FEBRUARY 23, 2023Mark 3: 1-6Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do goo... Read More
Mark Day 10
on February 21st, 2023
DAY TEN - MARK DEVOTIONALMark 2: 23-28One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he ent... Read More
Mark Day 9
on February 20th, 2023
The Gospel of Mark - Day 9Mark 2: 19-22Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?” Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom... Read More
Mark Day 8
on February 19th, 2023
DAY EIGHT | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20Mark 2:13-17Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his dis... Read More
Mark Day 6
on February 16th, 2023
DAY SIX | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18Mark 2:1-12A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they ... Read More
Mark Day 5
on February 16th, 2023
DAY FIVE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17Mark 1:35-45Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I ha... Read More