Contemplative Bible Reading

Mark 2:15-17 (New Living Translation) 15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors […]

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Mark 2:17 (New Living Translation) 17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Jesus makes this statement when asked why he associates with “scum.” Simple: they need Jesus. […]

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Mark 1:44-45 (New Living Translation) 44 “Don’t tell anyone about this. Instead, go to the priest and let him examine you. Take along the offering required in the law of Moses for those who have been healed of leprosy. This will be a public testimony that you have been cleansed.” 45 But the man went […]

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Mark 5:30-31 (New Living Translation) 30 Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?” 31 His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” This is part of […]

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Mark 6:37 (New Living Translation) 37 But Jesus said, “You feed them.” “With what?” they asked. “We’d have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!” This is part of the (hi)story of feeding 5,000 people with no visible means to do so. When asked what to do […]

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Mark 10:51-52 (New Living Translation) 51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road. This is the […]

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Mark 10:51 (New Living Translation) 51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” Jesus is walking down the road. Along the way is a blind beggar named Bartimaeus (son of Timaeus). Bartimaeus was told that Jesus was coming. His reaction was […]

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Mark 13:9 (New Living Translation) 9 “When these things begin to happen, watch out! You will be handed over to the local councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell them about me. Jesus is speaking […]

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Mark 1:19-20 (New Living Translation) 19 A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. 20 He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men. There were times when it seemed that Jesus […]

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Mark 2:8 (New Living Translation) 8 Jesus knew immediately what they were thinking, so he asked them, “Why do you question this in your hearts? This is part of the story of Jesus healing a paralyzed man. “But some of the teachers of religious law” (verse 6) were questioning all of this. Whoa, wait a […]

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