Mark 4:21-30

Mark 4:21-29Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Using Your Light

²¹ He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand? ²² For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light. ²³ If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!” ²⁴ Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use,^[a] it will be measured and added to you. ²⁵ For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”

The Parable of the Growing Seed

²⁶ “The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground; ²⁷ he sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how. ²⁸ The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head. ²⁹ But as soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Questions:

1.       When Jesus is talking about a lamp, what is He referring to?

A.     The Lamp is the Word of God, and the Light could be a Christian or the Word of God.

2.      How can God’s light shine through us?

A.     ????

3.      According to Jesus why should we pay attention to what we hear?

A.     Because if we do He will tell us more and reveal more of Himself.

4.     How is telling people about Jesus a lot like scattering seeds?

A.     A farmer scatters seeds and waits, we are to tell people about Jesus and wait for the Holy Spirit to take hold of that person and grow.

5.      How does the parable of the growing seed explain the process of our spiritual growth?

A.     Just like a seed grows slowly until it is ready to harvest, or spiritual growth if gradual as well.  

Mark 4:1-20

Mark 4:1-20Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Parable of the Sower

4 Again He began to teach by the sea, and a very large crowd gathered around Him. So He got into a boat on the sea and sat down, while the whole crowd was on the shore facing the sea. ² He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them: ³ “Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow. ⁴ As he sowed, this occurred: Some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn’t have deep soil. ⁶ When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered. ⁷ Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop. ⁸ Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.” ⁹ Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

Why Jesus Used Parables

¹⁰ When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables. ¹¹ He answered them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything comes in parables ¹² so that

they may look and look,
yet not perceive;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand;
otherwise, they might turn back—
and be forgiven.”^[a][b]

The Parable of the Sower Explained

¹³ Then He said to them: “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables? ¹⁴ The sower sows the word. ¹⁵ These^[c] are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.^[d] 16 And these are^[e] the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy. ¹⁷ But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble. ¹⁸ Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word, ¹⁹ but the worries of this age, the seduction^[f] of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. ²⁰ But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop:30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

Questions:

1.   Why do you think Jesus taught by the sea?

A.   Jesus wanted the attention on Him, He didn’t want any distractions, plus He didn’t want the crowd to mob Him.

2.   Why did Jesus say, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

A.   People can hear, but they might not be listening.  We need to listen to what Jesus has to say about His Kingdom.  Listen and apply these things to our life. 

3.   Why did Jesus teach in parables?

A.   He doesn’t just give commands on how to act.  He lets us listen to what He has to say about certain situations and we have to interpret what He is saying.  We must listen and learn.  The disciples get a first hand view of the Lord, while we must listen.

4.   How come the crops multiplied by 30, 60, 100?

A.   Because that is what happens when you are saved.  It is a miracle crop.

5.   What soil are you on?

A.   ????

Mark 3:1-12

Mark 3:1-12Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Man with the Paralyzed Hand

3 Now He entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a paralyzed hand.² In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would healhim on the Sabbath. ³ He told the man with the paralyzed hand, “Stand before us.”^[a]4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do what is good or to do what is evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵ After looking around at them with angerand sorrow at the hardness of their hearts, He told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶ Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.

Ministering to the Multitude

⁷ Jesus departed with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee,Judea, ⁸ Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him because they heard about everything He was doing. ⁹ Then He told His disciples to have a small boat ready for Him, so the crowd would not crush Him.¹⁰ Since He had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward Him to touchHim. ¹¹ Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, those possessed fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!” ¹² And He would strongly warn them not to make Him known.

Question:

1.       Who wants to accuse Jesus?

A.     The Pharisees

2.      What do you picture when you see Jesus and his followers following Him?

A.     ?????

3.      Do you believe it is good, or evil to heal a man on the Sabbath? What would you do?

A.     ?????

4.      What are the unclean spirits shouting? And, why does Jesus tell them to stop?

A.     “You are the Son of God", because it’s not Jesus’s time to reveal Himself as God’s Son.  

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Mark 2:18-27Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A Question about Fasting

¹⁸ Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees^[a] were fasting. People came and asked Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

¹⁹ Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests^[b] cannot fast while the groom is with them, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast. ²⁰ But the time^[c]will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day.²¹ No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new patch pulls away from the old cloth, and a worse tear is made. ²² And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the skins.^[d] But new wine is for fresh wineskins.”

Lord of the Sabbath

²³ On the Sabbath He was going through the grainfields, and His disciples began to make their way picking some heads of grain. ²⁴ The Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

²⁵ He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry— ²⁶ how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the sacred bread—which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests—and also gave some to his companions?” ²⁷ Then He told them, “The Sabbath was made for^[e] man and not man for^[f] the Sabbath.

Questions:

1.       What is the purpose of fasting?

A.     To cleans their body and repent of their sins.  It is also a way to rely on God alone and not food.

2.      Why weren’t Jesus’s disciples fasting, but John’s disciples and the Pharisees were?

A.     Because Jesus was with them.  Fasting is a way to come closer to Christ, if he is with you that’s pretty close enough.  Fasting also drains your energy big time.  It’s hard to be effective in ministry (Physically) when you are fasting.

3.      Who is the Bridegroom Jesus is talking about?

A.     He is talking about himself.  Jesus is the Bridegroom.  He’s the wedding, He’s the celebration,

4.      Why did the Pharisees upset when the disciples were picking grain on a Sunday?

A.     Because to them the Sabbath was a holy day that you couldn’t work on. 

5.      What did Jesus mean when he said, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath?”

God created the Sabbath for our benefit and our time to focus on Him.  The Pharisees upheld the law no matter what, to a point of legalism

Mark 2:13-17

Mark 2:13-17Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Call of Matthew

¹³ Then Jesus went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to Him, and He taught them. ¹⁴ Then, moving on, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.

Dining with Sinners

¹⁵ While He was reclining at the table in Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinnerswere also guests^[a] with Jesus and His disciples, because there were many who were following Him. ¹⁶ When the scribes of the Pharisees^[b] saw that He was eating with sinnersand tax collectors, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat^[c] with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁷ When Jesus heard this, He told them, “Those who are well don’t need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Questions:

1.       What did Jesus do at the sea?

A.     Preach to the crowds. 

2.      What did Jesus day to Levi?

A.     Follow me!

3.      Would you be able to drop everything and follow God?

A.     ???

4.      Why did Jesus eat with the sinner?

A.     Because the healthy people don’t need him, the sinners need him, the sick need him.  

Mark 2:1-12

The Son of Man Forgives and Heals

2 When He entered Capernaum again after some days, it was reported that He was at home. ² So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and He was speaking the message to them. ³ Then they came to Him bringing a paralytic, carried by four men. ⁴ Since they were not able to bring him to^[a] Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof above where He was. And when they had broken through, they lowered the mat on which the paralytic was lying.

⁵ Seeing their faith, Jesus told the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

⁶ But some of the scribes were sitting there, thinking to themselves:^[b] 7 “Why does He speak like this? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

⁸ Right away Jesus understood in His spirit that they were thinking like this within themselves and said to them, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?^[c]9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’? ¹⁰ But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” He told the paralytic, ¹¹ “I tell you: get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

¹² Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

Questions:

1.       Why did the paralytic man’s friends go to such lengths to bring him to Jesus?

A.     They care for their friend and hopefully Jesus would heal him. 

2.      Why do you think that the scribes believe that only God can forgive sins?

A.     They didn’t know that Jesus was God’s son and could also forgive sins.

3.      How did Jesus free this man from his sins?

A.     Jesus spoke the words, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

4.     Why do the scribes believe that Jesus is blaspheming?

A.     Because they don’t believe he is the son of God even though Jesus is God.

5.      How did Jesus prove to the scribe that He has the authority to forgive sins?

A.     He tells the paralytic to get up, pick up your mat and go home. 

6.     Can we be like the friends of the paralytic man at Riverview?

A.     ??????

Mark 1:35-45

Mark 1:35-45Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)Preaching in Galilee³⁵ Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there. ³⁶ Simon and his companions went searching for Him. ³⁷ They found Him and said, “Everyone’s looking for You!”³⁸ And He said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.” ³⁹ So He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.A Man Cleansed⁴⁰ Then a man with a serious skin disease came to Him and, on his knees,^[a] begged Him: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”⁴¹ Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him. “I am willing,”He told him. “Be made clean.” ⁴² Immediately the disease left him, and he was healed.^[b]43 Then He sternly warned him and sent him away at once, ⁴⁴ telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” ⁴⁵ Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But He was out in deserted places, and they would come to Him from everywhere. 

Questions
1.       Why did Jesus go to a deserted place?
A.     He went to a deserted place to talk to God and Pray.  He want to be alone, away from distractions.
2.      Simon and his disciples go looking for Jesus, Why?
A.     Because everyone want so to see Jesus and they all want to hear him preach the good news.
3.      What is leprosy?
A.     Very bad, nasty skin disease, anyone who had Leprosy was considered an outcast.
4.     How did Jesus heal the man with the skin disease?
A.     Jesus told the man to be clean and he was.  Jesus is willing to help his people.
5.      Why do you think Jesus told the man to tell no one, but to show yourself to the priests?A.     The priest didn’t like associating with unclean people.  Jesus wanted him to show himself to the priest, so they could see how God the Son can clean anyone.

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Mark 1:21-34

Mark 1:21-34Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)Driving Out an Unclean Spirit²¹ Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach. ²² They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.
²³ Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,^[a] 24 “What do You have to do with us,^[b] Jesus—Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
²⁵ But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet,^[c] and come out of him!” ²⁶ And the unclean spirit convulsed him, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.
²⁷ Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority!^[d] He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.” ²⁸ News about Him then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.
Healings at Capernaum²⁹ As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John. ³⁰ Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told Him about her at once. ³¹ So He went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her,^[e] and she began to serve them.
³² When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all those who were sick and those who were demon-possessed. ³³ The whole town was assembled at the door, ³⁴ and He healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
 Questions:1.       What is the Sabbath? And why do many Christians today worship on Sunday?
A.      The Sabbath is the seventh day to rest and worship, which was a Saturday.  We changed it to Sunday in order to celebrate the day Jesus rose from the dead.
2.       How did the unclean spirit know that Jesus was God?
A.      The demon used to be an angel of God, but turned away and fell from heaven to hell.  You know your mom and dad, just like the demons know there Creator.
3.       Why did Jesus tell the demon to be quit?
A.      Because it wasn’t Jesus’ time to reveal His majesty.
4.       Why were the people so amazed when Jesus cast the demon out of the man?
A.      The people were amazed because Jesus said one sentence and the demon came out.  The people saw his power and authority.
5.       Why was Jesus going around and healing people?
A.      Because he is the Son of God and He loves His people.
6.       Why did Jesus heal the people one at a time when He could have easily healed all the people at once?
Jessie reads answer.  It’s a good one

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Mark 1:9-20 Girl 1 group Sydney, Madison, and Emma

The Baptism of Jesus

⁹ In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. ¹⁰ As soon as He came up out of the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending to Him like a dove. ¹¹ And a voice came from heaven:

You are My beloved Son;
I take delight in You!^[a]

The Temptation of Jesus

¹² Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. ¹³ He was in the wilderness 40 days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels began to serve Him.

Ministry in Galilee

¹⁴ After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news^[b][c] of God:^[d]15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!”

The First Disciples

¹⁶ As He was passing along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother. They were casting a net into the sea, since they were fishermen.

¹⁷ “Follow Me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for^[e] people!” ¹⁸ Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. ¹⁹ Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in their boat mending their nets. ²⁰ Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.

Questions:

1.       Where does Jesus get baptized? And by who? Maddy

A.     In the Jordan river by John

2.      What do you picture when the Bible talks about the Heaven’s being torn apart? Sydney

A.     Answers will vary

3.      What happened to Jesus while he was in the wilderness being tempted? Maddy

A.     Look on page 878, Matthew Ch. 3

4.     Who is Andrew? Emma

A.     He is fisherman and Simon’s younger brother. 

5.      What does Jesus say to his first diciples? Sydney

A.     Follow Me!

6.     What does Jesus do after John is arrested?

Starts tell people the good news