... to fluent reading of the text and an easy understanding of it. The writer of this section uses specific circumstances in the text to paint a picture for the audience such as "An eye for an eye and A tooth for a tooth" or "when someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other as well". The reader of this text can picture Jesus sitting on top of a mountain saying these verses ... , "go along an extra mile", and people are to help others who have less than them "don't turn away from the one who tries to borrow from you". When she told me her interpretation, I was not surprised that she ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... the Pharisees and accuses them of substituting the traditions of men for the commandments of God. When Herod Antipas (son of Herod the Great and ruler of Galilee from 4 B.C. to A.D. 39) hears about Jesus, he thinks that Jesus is John the Baptist risen from the dead. This gives the author of Mark an opportunity to tell the ... the word good, saying "there is none good but one, that is, God." He reminds the man of the traditional commandments, and the man replies that he has always observed them. Then Jesus says, "One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to th...

• Word Count: 6234
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School