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Feasting on the Gospels: Mark is unavailable, but you can change that!

Feasting on the Gospels is an all-new, seven-volume preaching series that focuses on the most prominent and preached-on New Testament books, the four Gospels. Featuring never- before-published essays from a diverse and respected group of scholars and pastors, Feasting on the Gospels covers every single passage in the Gospels, making it a valuable resource for developing sermons. In the Gospel of...

One contemporary commentator on the Gospel of Mark identifies this passage as “one of the most formidable in the entire New Testament.”1 This short section on the lampstand and the measure presents significant challenges for the reader. It is not easy to grasp what Jesus means when he seems to suggest (v. 25) that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Nevertheless the imperatives of “Let anyone with ears to hear listen!” (v. 23) and “Pay attention to what
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