Memory Verse: "On hearing this, Jesus said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." -Mark 2:17
Notes: (v. 1-12) Jesus told the parable of a man who planted a vineyard, which was rented to some farmers when he went away on a journey. At harvest he sent servants to the tenants to collect the fruit of the vineyard, but the tenants seized the servant and beat him. The man sent another servant, but they did the same to the second servant. Still he sent others, but they killed and beat them. Finally, he only had a son left to send, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, "They will respect my son." But the tenants killed the son to gain his inheritance. The owner of the vineyard will then kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. (ref. Psalm 118:22-23).
-(v.13-17) Some Pharisees came to Jesus and tried to trap him by asking about paying taxes to Caesar. Jesus told them to bring a denarius and tell him whose portrait is on the coin. Since it was Caesar's, Jesus said to the, "give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." And they were amazed at him.
-(v.18-27) The Sadducees, who do not believe in the resurrection, came to Jesus and asked who a woman widowed seven times will be married to in heaven. Jesus rebuked them by referencing Scriptures, which say that "When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven." (Exodus 3:6).
-(v.28-34) One of the teachers of the law asked Jesus which was the most important commandment. Jesus replied that the most important commandment is this: "Love the your God will all your heart and will all your soul and will all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these."
The man replied, "To love him will all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, and told him that he was not far from the kingdom of God.
-(v.35-40) Jesus warned against the teachers of the law, who walk around "in flowing robes" and like to be "greeted in marketplaces," who devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished.
-(v.41-44) Jesus sat opposite the place where the offerings were put, and many rich people poured large amounts. But a poor widow came and put only two copper coins, worth a fraction of a penny. Jesus said to his disciples that this widow has put in more treasure than all others, for they "gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on."
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