Refreshing Our Spirits With Scripture

Mark 14. 24  And He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25  Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” 26  After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 27  And Jesus *said to them, “You will all [ k ] fall away, because it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered .’ 28  But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” 29  But Peter said to Him, “ Even though all may [ l ] fall away, yet I will not.” 30  And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that [ m ] this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.” 31  But Peter kept saying insistently, “ Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing also. Jesus in Gethsemane 32  They *came to a place nam...

Mark 13. 13  As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” 2  “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” 3  As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew asked him privately, 4  “Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are all about to be fulfilled?” 5  Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 6  Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. 7  When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8  Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. 9  “You m...

Mark 12 41  Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42  But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. 43  Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44  They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” Psalm 100. Psalm 100 A psalm. For giving grateful praise. 1  Shout for joy to the Lord , all the earth. 2       Worship the Lord with gladness;      come before him with joyful songs. 3  Know that the Lord is God.      It is he who made us, and we are his [ a ] ;      we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4  Enter his gates wit...

Mark 12. 28  One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the [ q ] foremost of all?” 29  Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘ Hear , O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord ; 30  and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength .’ 31  The second is this, ‘ You shall love your neighbor as yourself .’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” 32  The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him ; 33  and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself , is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34  When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After th...

Mark 12. 18  Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying, 19  “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and leaves no child, his brother should [ i ] marry the wife and raise up children to his brother . 20  There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children. 21  The second one [ j ] married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise; 22  and so [ k ] all seven left no children. Last of all the woman died also. 23  In the resurrection, [ l ] when they rise again, which one’s wife will she be? For [ m ] all seven had married her.” 24  Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not [ n ] understand the Scriptures or the power of God? 25  For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26...

Mark 12. 13  Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement. 14  They *came and *said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and [ e ] defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it [ f ] lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? 15  Shall we pay or shall we not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a [ g ] denarius to look at.” 16  They brought one . And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.” 17  And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they [ h ] were amazed at Him. Psalm 102 102  Hear my prayer, O Lord ! And let my cry for help come to You. 2  Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly...

Mark 12. 12  And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a [ a ] wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower , and rented it out to [ b ] vine-growers and went on a journey. 2  At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3  They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4  Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. 5  And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. 6  He had one more to send , a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7  But those vine-growers said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!’ 8  They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. ...