Mark Chapter 9
Mark Chapter 9 is another terrific chapter in the Gospel of Mark for mastering reading by phonics. At 52 verses, this chapter is one of the longest in this Gospel (but 7 verses are omitted below, making the total verses).
This Chapter has many fantastic new and repetitive phonetic words for instruction of a reader.
Mark 9:42-48 is omitted here for its strong language unsuitable for children. This is only the second alteration or omission of verses so far to ensure suitably for reading instruction of young children.
Key words practiced in this chapter include:
Phonetic words
- tranquility
- transfigured
- dazzling
- divine
- saltiness
- amazed
- presence
- Galilee
- afflicted
- violently - syllable curiosity: four or three? Officially it is four: ˈvī-ə-lənt-lee, but often said as three: ˈvī-lənt-lee
- sacrifice
Sight words
- Elijah
- elite
Chapter 9
Jesus said to them, "Truly I tell you, there are some of you standing here who will live to see the kingdom of God come with power." Six days later, Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up into a high mountain, and was transfigured before them. His clothing became dazzling white, whiter than snow, whiter than any launderer on earth could make them. And they saw Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three tents for the blessed, one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." For he did not know what he was saying, so nervous were they. Now a cloud came and cast a shadow all around, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to Him!" Then suddenly, when they looked around them, they could not see a single person, except Jesus and themselves. As they came down the mountain, He ordered them not to tell anyone what they had seen until He, the Son as man, had risen from the grave. Indeed, they kept his secret, but asked each other what such a resurrection would entail.
Then they asked Jesus, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah will come first?" He responded, "It is true that Elijah must come first to restore everything. Likewise, it is written that the Son as man must suffer a great deal and be regarded as worthless. But Elijah has already come, and the elite did to him whatever they wanted, as was prophesied."
Returning to His students, he found an enormous crowd gathered around them, with the scribes interrogating them. Immediately the whole crowd, seeing Jesus, ran to greet Him, amazed by His presence. Jesus demanded of the scribes, "What are you asking the people about?" But a man from the crowd ran forward and said, "Lord, I've brought you my son, who has a demon of dumbness. And wherever the demon takes him, he claws at himself, foams from the mouth, grinds his teeth, and his body wastes away. I asked Your students to exorcise him, but they couldn't." Jesus responded, "You faithless generation, how long can I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring your son to Me." They brought him. The demon, seeing Jesus, immediately threw the boy to the ground, where he flailed about, and foamed.
Jesus asked the father, "How long has this afflicted him?" "Since he was a child", the man replied. "Sometimes the demon throws him into the fire, other times into water in order to kill him. If it is true that you can do anything, please have compassion on us and help." Jesus observed, "If you can believe; anything is possible to the believer."The father cried out, tears filling his eyes, "I believe, Lord. Help my lack of faith!" When Jesus saw the crowd of people running together, He scolded the evil spirit, telling him, "You deaf and mute spirit, I order you to leave him alone, and never to bother him again." The spirit cried out and exited him violently. The boy looked so much like he was dead, that bystanders declared, "He's dead!" But Jesus took his hand and pulled him up, and he stood up. When Jesus went indoors, His students privately asked him, "Why couldn't we cast him out?" He told them, "That kind of spirit can only be driven out by prayer."
They moved on, passing through Galilee; Jesus kept a low profile. He taught His students, saying, "The Son as man shall be betrayed to men who shall murder him, but afterward he shall rise on the third day." The students did not understand this, and were afraid to ask Jesus. They arrived in Capernaum, where as soon as they had gone into a house Jesus asked His students, "What were you arguing about on the highway?" But they were too ashamed to answer because they had been debating who was the greatest among them.
Jesus sat down and summoned the Twelve, saying, "If anyone wants the highest rank, then he must first become the lowest of all, waiting on all." Jesus then invited a child to join them, and after taking him in His arms, Jesus declared, "Whoever welcomes such a child in My Name, welcomes Me; and whoever welcomes Me, doesn't so much welcome Me but Him Who sent Me." John replied: "Teacher, we saw a man casting out demons in Your Name, who was not one of our group. We told him to stop doing it, because he wasn't one of us." But Jesus replied: "Do not forbid him! You see, no man who has carried out a powerful work in My Name can easily turn around and attack Me. Because he who is not our enemy is our ally. Anyone who gives you a drink of water in My Name, because you follow Christ, will not lose his reward in heaven.
Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how will you season the sacrifice? Have salt in yourselves, and have the divine tranquility of mind.
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