Lesson 5249

 (Lesson 5249)(06-20-26) Mark 8:10-13 

   “And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.” 

 

    In today’s quote, Jesus traveled by boat with His disciples to Dalmanutha, where the Pharisees confronted Him and demanded a sign from heaven to test Him, prompting Jesus to refuse their tiresome demand and immediately board the ship again to depart for the other side. ~

Lesson 5248

 (Lesson 5248)(06-19-26) Mark 8:1-9 

   “In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.” 

 

     Today’s quote relates that Jesus, being moved by compassion for a large crowd that had been with Him for three days without food, took seven loaves and a few small fishes from his disciples, blessed and multiplied them to satisfy about four thousand people, then collected seven baskets of leftover fragments before sending the multitude away. ~

Lesson 5247

 (Lesson 5247)(06-18-26) Mark 7:31-37 

   “And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.” 

 

     In today's quote, Jesus left Tyre and Sidon and traveled to the Sea of Galilee, where He touched a deaf man’s ears and tongue, and instantly restored the man's hearing and speech while ordering the astonished crowd to tell no one. ~

Lesson 5246

 (Lesson 5246)(06-17-26) Mark 7:24-29 

   “And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.” 

 

     In today’s quote, a Gentile Syrophoenician woman approached Jesus to have a demon cast out of her daughter. Jesus told the woman that His first priority was to feed the children (The Jews) first; However, because the woman had said, “even the dogs eat the children's crumbs”, demonstrating her true faith, Jesus granted her wish and removed the devil from her daughter. ~

Lesson 5245

 (Lesson 5245)(06-16-26) Mark 7:17-23 

   And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” 

 

     In today’s quote, Jesus explained to his disciples that food cannot defile a person because it enters the stomach rather than the heart and is eliminated, declaring all foods clean. Jesus, instead, identified that true moral corruption originates entirely from within the human heart, that evil thoughts, actions, and desires stemming from a corrupted heart are what actually separate a person from the will of God. ~