Hi friends, I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ life on earth. The friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. So here is how this works. I will read three chapters to you today. That way we can get through all four books in 30 days.

We are more than halfway there.

Well done, you guys.

We're going to read three chapters a day.

You can listen on the podcast.

You can watch on YouTube.

You can read along in your own Bible.

And then I'll pray.

And that is it.

Today is Day 19, and I'll be reading Mark

chapter's 10 through 12 in the New Living Translation. And for those you

with the let through the Gospels Guide of Journal, we are on page 127.

Mark 10. Then Jesus left Copernum and went down to the region of Judea and into the area east of the Jordan River.

Once again, crowds gathered around him, and as usual, he was teaching them.

Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question. Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?

Jesus answered them with a question. What did Moses say in the law about divorce?

Well, he permitted it, they replied. He said a man can give his wife a written notice of divorce and

send her away. But Jesus responded, he wrote this commandment only as a concession to your hard hearts.

But God made them male and female from the beginning of creation. This explains

why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.

Later, when he was alone with his disciples in the house, they brought up the subject again.

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