Mark 10: Marriage & Divorce
Which do you think was more important, the message or the miracles? Why?
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How could the Pharisees’ question about divorce be a “trap”?
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Why does Jesus answer a question with a question?
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Why is divorce a matter of “hard hearts”?
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Why do you think the disciples weren’t entirely satisfied with Jesus’ answer concerning divorce? How reasonable was his explanation?
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After what Jesus had said about welcoming children, why would the disciples rebuke parents for bringing their children?
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What childlike trait is crucial for entering the Kingdom of God?
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What was said and done when Jesus blessed the children?
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We should know that Jesus really was the most excellent of all teachers. If that’s true, why did Jesus object to the man calling him “most excellent”?
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How can Jesus’ outline of the commandments be summarized in a single word? Why?
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How well do you think the man had kept the commandments?
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Why was it important for the man to do something that wasn’t part of the Law?
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Why couldn’t the man do what Jesus asked? What does it mean to be “very wealthy”?
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What makes it so difficult for the rich to enter God’s kingdom?
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Why were the disciples amazed?
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How is the impossible made possible with God?
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In following Jesus, what had the disciples left?
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How did Peter receive the hundred-fold blessing that Jesus promised?
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In what ways are social perceptions of value the opposite of what exists in the Kingdom?
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Mark 10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
How far behind Jesus do you think the disciples followed?
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What new thing about his suffering might he have explained to his disciples?
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Why did James and John ask for a prestigious position in the Kingdom? What did they not understand?
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How well did James and John understand the sacrifices they would make?
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Why couldn’t Jesus give James and John the positions they had asked for?
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Why were the other disciples angry with James and John? How might Judas’s attitude have differed from Philip or Andrew?
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Why are the great rulers in God’s Kingdom so different from earthly kingdoms?
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Matthew refers to two blind men. Why does Mark mention only one?
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What about Jesus had Bartimaeus heard that would make him want to cry out? Why didn’t he listen to the crowd’s rebuke?
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What motivated Jesus to call for the blind man?
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Why did the blind man throw aside his coat? What happened to it?
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Why did Jesus ask the blind man what he wanted?
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What happened to cause the blind man to see?