Daily Word Of GodMark 7:14-23 Jesus called the people to him again and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into a man from outside can make him unclean; it is the things that come out of a mn that make him unclean. If anyone has ears to hear, let…
Daily Word Of GodMark 7:1-2, 5-8 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them. For the Pharisees, and the Jews in general, follow the tradition of the elders and never…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:53-56 Having made the crossing, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up. No sooner had they steppedout of the boat than people recognised him, and started hurrying all through the countryside and brought the sick on stretchers to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 5:1a, 2a, 3-9, 10b Jesus was standing one day by the Lake of Gennesaret, when he caught sight of two boats close to the bank. He got into one of the boats -- it was Simon's -- and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:30-34 The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught. Then he said to them, ‘You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while’; for there were so many coming and going that the apostles had no time even to…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:18-20a, 21-25a, 26-27 John had told Herod, ‘It is against the law for you to have your brother's wife.’ As for Herodias, she was furious with him and wanted to kill him, but she was not able to do so, because Herod was afraid of John, knowing him to be a…
Daily Word Of GodMark 6:7-13 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, ‘Don't…
Daily Word Of GodLuke 2:22-24, 39-40 When the day came for them to be purified as laid down by the Law of Moses, the parents of Jesus took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord - observing what stands written in the Law of the Lord: Every first-born male must be consecrated…
Daily Word Of GodMark 5:21-24a, 35b-38a, 40b-42 When Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered round him and he stayed by the lakeside. Then one of the synagogue officials came up, Jairus by name, and seeing him, fell at his feet and pleaded with him earnestly, saying, ‘My…
Daily Word Of GodMark 5:2, 6b-10, 12-13, 16-17 When Jesus left the boat, a man with an unclean spirit at once came out from the tombs towards him. He fell at his feet and shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? Swear…