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Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where you read the daily Gospels and the Saint of the Day.
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Today is Monday, October 5th, and we are starting something new on Scattering Flowers podcast.
We are going to take our time and read through the Bible together.
Each weekday, we will read short passages and work our way through the year.
Here we go.
Mark chapter 1.
The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it was written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
And he preached, saying, After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him like a dove.
And a voice came from heaven, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.
The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness.
And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
And passing along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.
And Jesus said to them, Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.
And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
And they went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.
And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
Have you come to destroy us?
I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him! And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.
And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this?
A new teaching?
With authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.
And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her.
And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her and she served them.
That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons.
And the whole city was gathered together about the door.
And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.
And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed.
And Simon and those who were with him followed him, and they found him and said to him, Everyone is searching for you.
And he said to them, Let us go to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for this is why I came out.
And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
And a leper came to him, begging him and kneeling, said to him, If you will, you can make me clean.
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will; be clean.
And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.
And he sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to the people.
But he went out and began to talk freely about it and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in the country, and people came to him from every quarter.
Did you guys notice the word immediately a lot?
I definitely did.
Let’s pray that we respond in the same way to Jesus’s call.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, when you call us to do something, help us to go immediately.
We love you.
Amen.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
We’ll be back tomorrow.
Scattering more flowers.
See ya.