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Mark 6:14-29

Proper 10B

Comments and Observations Every day the news contains sad and tawdry stories not too far removed from this lection in Mark 6.    It’s altogether too typical.    Here in Mark 6 we learn that the last great Old Testament prophet and the first great New Testament gospel herald, John the Baptist himself, was done in because…

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Mark 6:1-13

Proper 9B

This lection from Mark 6 provides a curious set of contrasts as well as a wonderful irony. First, we twice read the word “amazed” here: first in verse 2 and then again in verse 6. Jesus here is doing what he’s been doing ever since Mark 1 and 2 when he began his public ministry…

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