Looking at Mark - More of the Same (Mark 10:32-52)

On Wednesday mornings beginning at 10:30 a.m., your friends and neighbors at Sligo Presbyterian Church gather to discuss our faith in Jesus Christ. Currently, we're using the Gospel of Mark as our guide. Pastor Rudiger is leading the discussion and everyone is invited. We’ll be covering the following topics:

• Session 1: Setting the Stage (Mark 1:1-13)
• Session 2: Good Times, Good Times (Mark 1:14-45)
• Session 3: Grey Clouds (Mark 2:1–3:6)
• Session 4: Sharing the Message (Mark 3:7–4:34)
• Session 5: It’s a Miracle (Mark 4:35–5:43)
• Session 6: Taking Sides (Mark 6:1-29)
• Session 7: More of the Same (Mark 6:30–7:23)
• Session 8: “You Are the Christ” (Mark 7:24–8:30)
• Session 9: The Rest of the Story (Mark 8:31–9:29)
• Session 10: Not Their Best (Mark 9:30–10:31)
• Session 11: More of the Same (Mark 10:32-52)
• Session 12: Coming in for a Landing (Mark 11:1-33)
• Session 13: In Contrast (Mark 12:1-44)
• Session 14: What's Coming (Mark 13:1-37)
• Session 15: Beginning to Spiral (Mark 14:1-42)
• Session 16: Son of God (Mark 14:43-15:47)
• Session 17: “for” (Mark 16:1-8)

During our eleventh session, Mark continued to describe Jesus's movement toward Jerusalem.  The passage is below:

Mark 10:32-52

They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death; then they will hand him over to the Gentiles; they will mock him, and spit upon him, and flog him, and kill him; and after three days he will rise again.”

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.” And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They replied, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.” 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. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.