Bible Places in Mark (Homegroup on Aug 18 )

Mark 1 CSB

1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
   See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;
   he will prepare your way.
3. A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
   Prepare the way for the Lord;
   make his paths straight!
4. John came baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
7. He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful than I am is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.
8. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
9. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
10. As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
11. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased.”

Mark 4 & 5 CSB

35. On that day, when evening had come, he told them,“Let’s cross over to the other side of the sea.”
36. So they left the crowd and took him along since he was in the boat. And other boats were with him.
37. A great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped.
38. He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! Don’t you care that we’re going to die? ”
39. He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,“Silence! Be still! ” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40. Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith? ”
41. And they were terrified and asked one another, “Who then is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him! ”
1. They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
2. As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.
3. He lived in the tombs, and no one was able to restrain him anymore ​— ​not even with a chain ​—
4. because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.
7. And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don’t torment me! ” 8. For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit! ”
9. “What is your name? ” he asked him.
   “My name is Legion,” he answered him, “because we are many.”
10. And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.
11. A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.
12. The demons begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
13. So he gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.
14. The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.
15. They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
16. Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and told about the pigs.
17. Then they began to beg him to leave their region.
18. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him.
19. Jesus did not let him but told him,“Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.”
20. So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

Mark 6 CSB Feeding the 5,000

30. The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all that they had done and taught.
31. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a remote place and rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
32. So they went away in the boat by themselves to a remote place,
33. but many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they ran on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.
34. When he went ashore, he saw a large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then he began to teach them many things.
35. When it grew late, his disciples approached him and said, “This place is deserted, and it is already late.
36. Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages to buy themselves something to eat.”
37. “You give them something to eat,” he responded.
    They said to him, “Should we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat? ”
38. He asked them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.”
    When they found out they said, “Five, and two fish.”
39. Then he instructed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
40. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41. He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.
42. Everyone ate and was satisfied.
43. They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.
44. Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.