Mark 10:17-31
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary (Matthew Henry, Wesley's Notes, Geneva Notes, etc) & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit:
- Similitude IX.20, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
- XXVIII.42-48, 51; XXIX.3-5, 8, 10-11; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- I.XX.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- III.6, V.5, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- "Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?" (sermon on Mark 10:17-31), Clement of Alexandria (c. 200)
- II.8, To His Wife, Tertullian (c. 206)
- Chapter XII, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XIV, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- Chapter II, On Modesty, Tertullian (c. 217)
- V.II, VII.XIX, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- II.7, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
- VI.28, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen], Origen. (c.230)
- V.XI, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- On the Lapsed -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 251)
- On Virgins, Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (339-397).
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Two things are to be greatly avoided by those who earnestly seek eternal life: the first is an opinion of their merits or deservings, which is not only understood, but condemned by the due consideration of the law: and the second is the love of riches, which turns aside many from that race in which they ran with a good courage."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Those who thus eagerly seek the wealth of the world, will never rightly prize Christ and his grace. Also, as to the greatness of the salvation of those who have but little of this world, and leave it for Christ."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "He shall receive a hundred fold, houses, &c. - Not in the same kind: for it will generally be with persecutions: but in value: a hundred fold more happiness than any or all of these did or could afford. But let it be observed, none is entitled to this happiness, but he that will accept it with persecutions."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "Mark adds one sentence that furnishes the key to the interpretation of the whole discourse: "How hard it is for them that trust in riches," etc."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- The Reality of the Kingdom, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
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Commentary,
Mark 10:17-31, Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "Nearly irresistible is the urge to soften this passage's demands."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8:27 - 10:52, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
- "The Rich Getting into Heaven Is Like a Camel..." Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 19, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "The deceit of wealth is almost inescapable; the burden of guilt, both individual and corporate, impossible."
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Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks
Christian Resources.
- "Perhaps... the problem was his attitude towards the 'many possessions' -- that they were symbols of having been blessed by God. He couldn't give up these symbols of his 'good' life in order to receive the heavenly treasure."
- "Rich Young Ruler," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
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Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Mark 10:17-31, David Ewart, 2009.
- "If we imagine Jesus looking at and loving us, I wonder what is the 'one thing missing' he would see. And what is it that he would ask us to do in order to finally be fully following him?"
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"Having
It All," Steven E. Albertin, Sabbatheology, The Crossings
Community, 2009.
- "Therefore we GET TO be generous and gracious with our lives, pouring ourselves out and giving ourselves away to those in need."
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"Material Things," Andrew Warner, The Christian Century,
2006.
- "Jesus? words can pierce our hearts; they may also encourage us to engage the materials that really matter: bodies and souls."
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"Detachment and Freedom," Ordinary 28B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
- "The issue here is not so much the acquisition of riches as the attachment to them."
- "Then Who Can Be Saved?", The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost, Donald H. Juel, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1994.
- "Seeking," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching: Keeping Company with biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them.
- Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 28B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
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"Yearnings,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "What is the greatest need in our society? To what lengths will people seek answers to that need?"
- "The Rich Man," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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"Who Can Be Saved?"Stacey Elizabeth Simpson, The Christian Century, 2000. Religion Online.
- "What must we do to inherit eternal life? We must let go of all that we have and all that we do that gets in the way of seeing that there is nothing we can do to save ourselves."
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"The
Perils of Riches," Kenneth L. Carder, The Christian Century,
1997. At Religion Online.
- "God?s special friendship with the poor is not a rejection of the rich, but an affirmation that life is not in riches. Life is in God?s grace. It is this grace that gives us identity and worth."
- Articles & Background:
- "Mark 10: The Rich Man and the Eye of the Needle," "Ministry of Jesus: Poverty," wikipedia.
- "Questions,
Chreai, and Challenges to Honor. The Interface of Rhetoric and Culture in Mark's
Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, Catholic Biblical Quarterly
60 (1998):657-81.
- "In terms of rhetorical background, our survey of "questions" indicates that how they function more often than not as competitive, even hostile weapons intended to inflict major damage. Questions score points, draw blood, and shame opponents. The same interpretation applies equally to the phenomenon of answering a question with a counter-question, which also is an aggressive weapon. And by observing who is reduced to silence, we have narrative clues about who triumphed in the question game and who lost"
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"Jesus,
Apocalyptic, and World Transformation," David B. Batstone. Theology
Today, 1993.
- "It is often overlooked how ideologically explosive the notion of the kingdom of God was within Jesus' own social milieu. In first-century Palestine, it did not have the same metaphorical and strictly religious connotation that makes the term so safe within our own theological world. In fact, it evoked the memory and visionary impulse of Yahweh who acts to deliver Yahweh's 'chosen ones' from occupation and oppression at the hands of alien nations. Intrinsic to that symbolic universe is the conviction that the chosen suffer and the unjust prosper in the present day only because history stands at the brink of a great reversal."
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"The Family in the Jesus Movement," Santiago Guijarro, Biblical
Theology Bulletin, 2004.
- "The purpose of this study is to explore the possible continuity between the Jesus movement before Jesus' death and the movement of his disciples after his resurrection in their attitude towards the family."
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"Am I My Brother's Keeper?" Ellen T Charry,
Theology Today, 2003.
- "Christian idealization of poverty translates into church employees often being poorly paid in comparison with employees of other organizations."
- "Keller argues that Mark uses the stories of the two blind men in his Gospel to serve as metaphors for his community...Their stories and the material within the frame of 8:22-10:52 work together to help his community learn the lessons they need in order to advance from the fear they are experiencing to follow Jesus boldly 'on the way.'"
- "God Speed the Year of Jubilee! The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics," by Ched Myers in Sojourners. Part two: "Jesus' New Economy of Grace."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Batstone, David B.,
"Jesus, Apocalyptic, and World Transformation," Theology Today,
1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carder, Kenneth L.,
"The Perils of Riches," The Christian Century, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carl, William J.,
"Expository Articles: Mark 10:17-27 (28-31)," Interpretation,
1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Charry, Ellen T.,
"Am I My Brother's Keeper?" Theology Today, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dewey, Joanna,
"Women in the Gospel of Mark," Word & World, 2006. (Section on
this text begins on page 26.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Draper, J.A.,
"Exegesis and Proclamation: 'Go sell all that you have...,'" Journal
of Theology for Southern Africa, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fuller, Reginald H.,
"The Decalogue in the New Testament," Interpretation, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gingerich, Barbara Nelson, "Property
and the Gospel: Two Reformation Perspectives," Mennonite Quarterly
Review, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gundry, Robert H.,
"Mark 10:29: Order in the List," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Joy, David, "Markan
Subalterns/the Crowd and their Strategies of Resistance: A Postcolonial
Critique," Black Theology, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - May, David M.,
"Leaving and Receiving: Social-Scientific Exegesis of Mark 10:29-31,"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rossing, Barbara,
"Healing Affluenza: A Sermon on Mark 10:17-27," Currents in Theology
and Mission, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Simpson, Stacey
Elizabeth,
"Who Can Be Saved?" The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stanley, Alan P.,
"The Rich Young Ruler and Salvation," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Thomas, Frank,
"Can Rich People Be Saved? (Mark 10:23-27)," Ex Auditu, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willimon, William H.,
"Preaching to Affluent Young Adults, or Lord, Help Me Shove This
Camel," Journal for Preachers, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Batstone, David B.,
"Jesus, Apocalyptic, and World Transformation," Theology Today,
1993.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- "The Rich Man and Peter," Arland J. Hultgren, Luther Seminary Stewardship Resources, 2009.
- "The Peril (and the Promise) of Being Met by Jesus," Bishop William H. Willimon, Day 1, 2009.
- "Matthew and Luke Got It Wrong?" the Rev. John McCard, Day 1, 2006.
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"The Rich Young Ruler,"
- "The Real Way to Personal Fulfillment," the Rev. Dr. John Killinger, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1997.
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"Power, Pleasure
& Wealth,"
- "Life's Second Question," the Rev. Dr. John Buchanan, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1994.
- "Center and Circumference," Fr. Richard Rohr, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1992.
- "Just Looking," John Jewell, 2000.
- "It's Not Always What You Think," the Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Day 1, 2003.
- "Re-Launch Yourself," the Rev. Michael Foss, Day 1, 2000.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
- With Children:
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- "David's Impossible Day," children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
- "God Saves Us When We Can't Save Ourselves," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Eye of a Needle," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- Mark 9 & 10 Crossword, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
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- Drama:
- "Through the Eye of a Needle," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Mark 10:21, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Clip Art Images: Mark 10:17-30, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Mark 10:17-30 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Mark 10:17-30, Mark 10:28-31, Mark 10:28-31, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- Commercial Sites: "Passing Through," (Mark 10:17-31) graphics/films/worship ideas from Lumicon.
- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 10:21, 26, 28, 29. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "Take up Your Cross," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Literature and Literary References:
- "Through the Eye of the Needle," contemporary poetry by Stephen Mitchell. Theology Today, 1991.
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark
