22 авг. 2015 г. · Jesus is speaking here to all who are gathered around him, including, presumably, the sick whom he had just healed and the people who had carried them to him.

Jesus explains where evil comes from. It comes from within all those people who bug you. But also from within you. Me, too.

23 авг. 2021 г. · Jesus calls us to pay attention to what is coming out of us because it is an even more important way that we symbolically express the wholeness ...

27 авг. 2018 г. · Jesus rejects human propriety as an orienting standard. Jesus is talking about the human heart, something Christians today also must consider.

The tradition had become the evaluation of the heart-stuff: faithfulness to God and commitment to the community.

David Guzik commentary on Mark 7, where Jesus confronts the religious leaders about exalting man's tradition over God's will.

26 авг. 2024 г. · The human heart is depicted by Jesus as a powerful place of connection. It is in our hearts that our intentions and motivations are connected to ...

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's dispute with the scribes and Pharisees about eating meat with unwashen hands (v. 1-13); and the needful instructions.

10 мая 2019 г. · This story is bracketed by stories of Jesus' power to do miraculous works and people's response to his display of power.

Mark chapter 7 includes accounts of teaching, debating, and miracles. In all the stories, Jesus emphasizes the importance of God's moral standards over man's ...