John Chapter 13

It's been so long since I last read these Gospels that some things have fallen deep into my memory, and reading them again now comes genuinely as a sort of surprise. Today's reading is so similar to yesterday's that I feel like I ought to have known it was coming. They feel completely of a…

Luke Chapter 10

I'll admit that for me, this is a chapter of two halves. The first half, I'm struggling a little with - I'm not sure how much I understand it. The second half is rich and wonderful. I tend to write these posts quickly over about 30-60 minutes first thing as the day begins. Practically this…

Luke Chapter 6: Part 1

This is a huge chapter. I don't mean size - although it is pretty long. I mean in terms of what is said. There are some big issues here. Once I started writing, it became clear that I might have to split this one in two... It begins with the account of Jesus discussing the…

Mark Chapter 12

This chapter is describing a conversation between Jesus and the various religious authorities, following from the discussion in chapter 11. It begins with the Parable of the Vinedressers. In the parable a man plants a vineyard and leases it out. Come harvest, he sends a succession of servants to the vineyard and each time the…

Mark Chapter 2

After the rush of chapter 1, this was more leisurely. The first episode of the chapter - Jesus' healing of the paralytic took a whole 12 verses, almost a third of the chapter. I was interested by the question that Jesus put to the scribes, though: which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'your sins…