Daily Reading & Meditation

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:19b, 20-21 - Then he went home; 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself."

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:13-19 - And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James ....

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:7-12 - Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed; also from Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude, hearing all that he did, came to him. And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they should crush him ...

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:1-6 - Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here." ...