The Best News Ever Heard Mark 16:1–7 You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen. Mark 16:6 The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the best news the world has ever heard because it is true; it came after an apparent defeat; it proves many important things; and finally, it calls for a

The Offered Pardon Mark 15:6–15 Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas. Mark 15:15 Suppose word had come to Barabbas that he was now free and that another prisoner, Jesus, would be dying. Suppose he replied this way: “What you are telling me cannot be true. It may apply to someone else,

Blessings and Persecutions Mark 10:17–31 Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time . . . with persecutions. Mark 10:29–30 Christ’s words to

Jesus’s Compassion Mark 8:1–10 I have compassion on the crowd. Mark 8:2 The story of Jesus feeding the four thousand contains a lesson for anyone who feels that God has forgotten him or her. Do you feel that way? If you do, notice Jesus, out of compassion, had initiated the matter of feeding the people.

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