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The key dynamics of this story seem easy enough to grasp. A tired and exhausted Jesus seeks solitude. A woman hears about him and asks that he might cast a demon out of her daughter. The details are sparse. Whose house? How did the woman hear about him? Mark seems uninterested in such questions. Some … Continue reading “Mark 7:24-37 Commentary by Micah D. Kiel”

This passage shows us a response to one issue within first-century Judaism, which was hardly homogenous across the Greco-Roman world. In this brief commentary, we will give attention to how the passage fits into Mark’s story of Jesus in order to grasp its literary and theological purpose, and explore it claim upon us today.  The … Continue reading “Mark 7:1-23  Commentary by Elizabeth Shively”

La lectura del Evangelio para este domingo plantea un relato de diferentes intercambios entre Jesús y varios interlocutores, aún así, se puede reconocer en el pasaje un mensaje englobante que descansa en la contraposición entre pureza ritual y ética. El modo como las distintas escenas se encadenan en el texto nos permite –a partir de … Continue reading “San Marcos 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Comentario por Marisa Strizzi”

Marcos 7:1-8 Jesús no está denigrando la limpieza cuando dice que “lo que sale” (v. 15) de una persona es lo que la contamina. Lo que quiere decir es que el “no matarás” (Ex 20:13) o el “no dirás contra tu prójimo falso testimonio” (Ex 20:16) no pueden tener la misma importancia que lavarse o … Continue reading “San Marcos 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Comentario por Diana Rocco Tedesco”

Three things right off the bat: First, no jokes about how “no matter what Jesus says, you kids should still wash up before dinner.” Second, unless you intend to really see it through and show how certain precious Christian traditions should be similarly condemned as hypocrisy or idolatry, resist the urge to use sermon time … Continue reading “Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Commentary by Henry Langknecht”

At least one part of this passage is straightforward, although disturbing: Jesus explains where evil comes from. It comes from within all those people who bug you. But also from within you. Me, too. Of course, it takes a while for Jesus to get to that basic point in this tongue-lashing delivered to a group … Continue reading “Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Commentary by Matt Skinner”

In this text, Jesus addresses three different audiences: a group of Pharisees and scribes who raise the question of defilement, the crowd that is perpetually present, and the disciples who, true to character in Mark’s Gospel, don’t understand. The message is delivered differently to each of these groups, but its essence is the same: our … Continue reading “Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Commentary by Elizabeth Webb”

Desde su capítulo tercero, Marcos nos ha dejado en claro que los discípulos de Jesús han sido elegidos con un propósito particular. Marcos 3:13-16 lee: “Después subió al monte y llamó a sí a los que él quiso, y vinieron a él. Designó entonces a doce para que estuvieran con él, para enviarlos a predicar … Continue reading “San Marcos 6:30-34, 53-56 Comentario por Richard Rojas Banuchi”

Tal como sucedió hace dos semanas, también en este caso el texto bíblico se divide en dos partes. Entre Marcos 6:34 y 6:53, o sea en la parte del texto que es omitida, hay a su vez dos relatos distintos. En los subtítulos añadidos por los editores de la versión de la Biblia Reina-Valera 1995, … Continue reading “San Marcos 6:30-34, 53-56 Comentario por Alicia Vargas”

This Gospel reading begins with an account of the disciples’ return after they had been previously sent out by Jesus in Mark 6:6-13, and follows the unpleasantness of John’s beheading described in Mark 6:14-29. Verses 30-34 are the introduction to the “Feeding of the Five Thousand” account in Mark 6:35-44 and the incident when Jesus … Continue reading “Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Commentary by Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman”