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Mark 1
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man vi­o­lent­ly and came out of him with a
shriek.
16  As J
­ esus w
­ alked be­side the Sea of Gal­
27  The peo­
ple were all so ­a mazed that
i­lee, he saw Si­mon and his broth­er An­drew
they a ­ sked each oth­er, “What is this? A
cast­ing a net into the lake, for they were
new teach­i ng  — ​and with au­t hor ­i­t y! He
fish­er­men. 17  “Come, fol­low me,” J ­ esus said,
to im­p ure spir­its and
“and I will send you out to fish for peo­ple.” even ­g ives or­ders
28  News ­about him ­spread
18  At once they left ­t heir nets and fol­lowed they obey him.”
quick­ly over the ­whole re­g ion of Gal­i­lee.
him.
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
19  When he had gone a lit­t le far­t her, he
saw J ­ ames son of Zeb­e­dee and his broth­er Jesus Heals Many
29  As soon as they left the syn­
a ­gogue,
John in a boat, pre­par­ing ­their nets. 20  With­
they
went with ­James and John to the home
out de­lay he ­called them, and they left ­t heir
fa­t her Zeb­e­dee in the boat with the ­h ired of Si­mon and An­drew. 30  Si­mon’s moth­er-in-
law was in bed with a fe­ver, and they im­me­
men and fol­lowed him.
di­ate­ly told ­Jesus ­about her. 31  So he went to
her, took her hand and h
­ elped her up. The
Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit
fe­
v
er
left
her
and
she
be­
g
an to wait on them.
21  They went to Ca­
p er­na­u m, and when
32  That eve­n ing af­ter sun­s et the peo­ple
the Sab­bath came, ­Jesus went into the syn­
a­gogue and be­gan to t ­ each. 22  The peo­ple ­brought to ­J 33  esus all the sick and de­mon-
­ hole town gath­ered at
were ­a mazed at his teach­ing, be­c ause he pos­sessed. The w
34 
t aught them as one who had au­t hor­i­t y, not the door, and ­Jesus ­healed many who had
as the teach­ers of the law. 23  Just then a man var­i­ous dis­eas­es. He also ­d rove out many
in ­t heir syn­a­gogue who was pos­sessed by de­mons, but he ­would not let the de­mons
an im­pure spir­it c ­ ried out, 24  “What do you ­speak be­cause they knew who he was.
want with us, ­Jesus of Naz­a ­reth? Have you
come to de­stroy us? I know who you are — ​ Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place
35  Very ear­ly in the morn­ing, ­while it was
the Holy One of God!”
25  “Be qui­et!” said ­Jesus stern­ly. “Come ­still dark, ­Jesus got up, left the ­house and
out of him!” 26  The im­pure spir­it ­shook the went off to a sol­i­tary ­place, ­where he ­prayed.
Reach Out to Others
Leprosy is a terrible disease. A leper’s skin has open sores.
In Bible times a person with leprosy was considered
“unclean” and could not worship God with other people
or even live in town. Because of the disease, no one
would come near a leper.
Read Mark 1:40–42. Jesus showed that he cared for
this leper by touching him and healing him.
Write down the names of a couple of children you
know who might feel as lonely as the leper. Then answer
these three questions:
Mark 1:40–42
1. Why is he or she left alone? (Because he or she is not nice, is dirty, doesn’t wear
nice clothes, hits people, looks or acts different?)
2. How do you think he or she feels? (Happy, lonely, afraid, proud, sad, angry,
stuck-up, or maybe some other feeling?)
3. How could you show that Jesus cares? (Smile, talk to him, ask her to sit with
you at lunch, pick him for your team, tell others to stop being mean?)
What will you do to show that Jesus still cares about the lonely today?