He Changed The World – for an introduction to this series of talks, please click the title.
Mark 10:1-12
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Easier English
Here’s a summary version of Mark 10:1-12. Some of these summaries are written by a language tutor in easier English. The tutor is a member of our church and runs a weekly ESOL English Language Class which is free to attend. For further information: click here.
Many come to find Jesus
Some are very religious
They come to test him
They want to cause him trouble
So they ask about divorce
Jesus asks about their laws
The ones Moses gave them
Those laws permit divorce
Jesus tells them why
Because they behave badly
They do not love God’s ways
What was God’s plan?
God made marriage like this:
One man, one woman, for life
It’s wrong to break this
Later, Jesus is with his friends
They find his words hard
But he tells them clearly:
Divorce is not God’s way
It leads to adultery
Jesus’s words can be hard
We may not like them
But what matters is this:
Are they true?
Other language versions
The link below takes you through to a Bible website where you can read today’s passage in a language of your choice.
Further study on Mark’s Gospel
Here are some links to other websites which seek to explain Mark’s gospel.
Commentary on Mark’s Gospel – a guide to Mark written by a pastor from Bristol
Mark’s Gospel Study Site – produced by a British Christian worker in Albania
Mark’s Gospel with notes – a modern English translation of the gospel with lots of notes about the verses.
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