Archive for October 2018

Mark 10:46-52 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus,…

Mark 10:35-45 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Request of James and John 35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” 37 And they…

Mark 10:17-31 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Rich Man 17 As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know…

Job 1:1 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Job and His Family 1 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.    Job 2:1-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Attack on Job’s Health 2 One day the heavenly beings came…