Hi friends, I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. We say often that you don't have

to be in the Gospels every day to be changed, but every day you're in the Gospels will change

you. So I'm really glad you're here with us today. 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's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles.

Each month we read all four books, so make sure you're subscribed and join us as we read

through the Gospels together. And make sure you invite your friends to join. This is something

people really want to jump in on once they know it exists. Just like you did, just like I did.

And so invite your friends. I think they'd really have fun reading along with us.

Here's how today's going to work. I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read

along in your own Bible or online. And then I'll pray. And that's it. So today is June 4th, day four

of this month. I'll be reading Mark chapters 10 through 12. And this month I'm reading from the NRSV.

Mark 10. He left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan

and crowds again gathered around him. And as was his custom, he again taught them.

Some Pharisees came and to test him, they asked, is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?

He answered them, what did Moses command you? They said, Moses allowed a man to write a certificate

of dismissal and to divorce her. But Jesus said to them, because of your hardness of heart,

he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.

For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. And the two

shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined

together, let no one separate. Then in the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter.

He said to them, whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if

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