Mark
9:30-37
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- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Primary comparative texts about Food & Fellowship (including "one who serves"), at (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- "Receiving the Sender," "Leader as Servant," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
- Similitude IX.29, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
- XXIV.48-50; XXV.2-3, 9, 11; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- XIII.19, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Only humility exalts."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Those who are most humble and self-denying, most resemble Christ, and shall be most tenderly owned by him."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "One such little child - Either in years or in heart."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Whosoever shall receive one of such children--so manifesting the spirit unconsciously displayed by this child."
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "The two conditions of true greatness are humility and service; not to be the servant of friends, or kindred, or of a class, or even of church members, but of all, like Christ."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- The First Will Be Last and the Last Will Be First, 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 9:30-37, Alyce M. McKenzie, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "It turns out that to be great is to be focused on something quite other than oneself. It turns out that greatness lies in welcoming one who is not viewed as great by the culture, the child, the one who is beyond the circle, who needs a welcome."
- 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.)
- "Jesus Makes His Second Passion Prediction," 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 16, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Jesus is challenging both stances: people wanting to use power to establish their own value and people using power as the measure of value of human beings. Jesus subverts both."
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Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Mark 9:30-37, David Ewart, 2009.
- "...once again Jesus is challenging us to reverse long-standing, ingrained, human habits. To set aside our common human understanding of how to win fame and glory, and instead learn from Jesus God's deep hospitality and honouring."
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Commentary, Mark 9:33-37, Imani Jones,
The African American Lectionary, 2009.
- "As we reach out and draw children from the margins of society to the center, we welcome them as Jesus has graciously welcomed us..."
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Join the Feast,
Mark 9:30-37, Grant Holbrook, Union PSCE,
2009.
- "If we set aside proof texts and vitriol (if only temporarily), how does Jesus actually converse with others, and how does he treat the disciples in terms of encouragement and correction? The end of Mark 9 provides at least two jumping off points, rooted in the conveyance of unanticipated hospitality and a direct reliance on prayer, on God."
- Exegetical
Thoughts by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks
Christian Resources.
- "Who are the "unimportant" in the world today? How does the church relate to them? How should the church relate to them? What might this verse say about the way we do worship?"
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"Little
Children and God's Kingdom: The Holy Grail of Human Greatness,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
- "What would our lives look like if we really believed and acted on these words of Jesus?"
- "Jesus Loves All the Little Children of the World," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "Servant of All," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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"Cross-Journey," Michael Hoy, Sabbatheology, The Crossings
Community.
- "And that last and lost place is precisely where our Lord meets us, on our home turf, to change the direction for our good."
- "Who Is the Greatest?", The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost, Donald H. Juel, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1994.
- "Public Education," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches, 2006.
- Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
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"The Powerful Weakness," Ordinary 25B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
- "Much of our traditional prayer is a sort of tour de force, on God - either trying to push him to do our will or to get him on our side to accomplish what we desire. To meditate, on the other hand, is to be weak and powerless, in the secure confidence of God's care and love for us."
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"To Serve a Child," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "When was the last time you cared for a child? What happened?"
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 25B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
- "Caring for Children in Crisis," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Children," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2003.
- "Teaching Children the Story of Creation," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Moral Landscape of Creation," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2001.
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"The
Greatest and the Least,"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
- "What if heaven is a place where we ?get what we have given?? What if it is a place where we are forgiven as we forgave and our reward for all of our life?s endeavors is the mercy and compassion we have offered to others?"
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"Seeing Things," Mary E. Hinkle, The Christian Century, 2003.
- "...as the walk progresses, the disciples find their way into a discussion about which of them is the greatest. They are graduate students comparing GRE scores. They are ministers discussing how many they worship each week, as in 'We worship about 430 at both services.' They are anyone who has ever written a memo containing the words 'measurable outcomes.' Which of the disciples is the star pupil? Who is the greatest?"
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"Counting Diamonds," Joel Marcus, The Christian
Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
- "The abandoned baby on the street, the stranger at the door, even our own husband or wife or child, is a diamond, and in receiving and treasuring these diamonds we are receiving the "pearl of great price" that was once hidden on earth as a destitute child of uncertain parentage."
- Articles & Background:
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"Marcan Love, Sotto Voce," Mark Kiley, Biblical Theology Bulletin,
2009.
- "Mark's community was heir to preaching about Jewish Scriptures concerning love. Homilists, catechists and the final Evangelist used these as well as Paul's hymn to love as interpretative lenses through which to present the Jesus tradition. They suggested in a subtle manner that the Jesus-event is, at root, about love. This article is an appeal to listen to the still whisper that informs Mark's good news."
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"Minjung
and Power: A Biblical and Theological Perspective on Doularchy
(Servanthood)," Kim Yong-Bock, at Religion
OnLine.
- "The political economy of the Minjung is mutual servanthood and a mutual Bond that makes them sovereign, and turn Arche into Doulos: Doularche, which guarantees the Minjung's participation as Sovereign-in-Bond (Covenant). This is radically different from social contract theories."
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- 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.
- Achtemeier, Paul J.,
"An Exposition of Mark 9:30-37," Interpretation, 1976.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Crossan, John Dominic,
"Kingdom and Children: A Study in the Aphoristic Tradition," Semeia,
1983.
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 25.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fleddermann, Harry,
"The Discipleship Discourse (Mark 9:33-50)," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gundry-Volf, Judith
M.,
"Mark 9:33-37," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gundry-Volf, Judith,
"'To Such as These Belongs the Reign of God': Jesus and Children,"
Theology Today, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hinkle, Mary E.,
"Seeing Things," The Christian Century, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hoffman, Kathryn
Vitalis, and Mark Vitalis Hoffman,
"Texts in Context: Question Marks and Turning Points: Following the
Gospel of Mark to Surprising Places," Word & World, 2006.
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 - Juel, Donald H., "The Way of the Cross: Markan Texts for Late Pentecost," Word and
World, 1994. (Section on Mark 9:30-37 begins on page 354.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koyama, Kosuke,
"A Holy Mystery: Welcoming a Little Child," The Living Pulpit,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lundblad, Barbara K., "A Few More
Hopeful Fanatics," The Christian Century, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Marcus, Joel,
"Counting Diamonds," The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Myers, Ched,
"As a Child: Jesus' Solidarity with the Least of the Least," The
Living Pulpit, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Perry, John M.,
"The Three Days in the Synoptic Passion Predictions," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Proctor, Mark,
"'After Three Days': Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:34: Subordinating Jesus'
Resurrection in the Second Gospel," Perspectives in Religious Studies,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Reedy, Charles J.,
"Mark 8:31 - 11:10 and the Gospel Ending," The Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 1972.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Robbins, Vernon K.,
"Pronouncement Stories and Jesus' Blessing of the Children: A Rhetorical
Approach," Semeia, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Santos, Narry F.,
"Jesus' Paradoxical Teaching in Mark 8:35; 9:35; and 10:43-44,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Strecker, Georg,
"The Passion- and Resurrection Predictions in Mark's Gospel,"
Interpretation, 1968.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Webb-Mitchell, Brett, "The Humility
Ladder," Journal for Preachers, 2001. (Sermon)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willimon, William H.,
"Receiving Little Jesus," The Christian Century, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Achtemeier, Paul J.,
"An Exposition of Mark 9:30-37," Interpretation, 1976.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
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- "Shanghaied," The Rev. Dr. David Galloway, Day 1, 2006.
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"Jesus Loves All the Little Children of the World,"
"A
Servant's Heart - Trialogue Sermon,"
- "Medicine for Dry Bones," the Rev. Grace Imathiu, Day 1, 2000.
- "An Incident on the Capernaum Road," John Jewell, 2000.
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
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- With Children:
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- "Upside Down," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- Mark 9 & 10 Crossword, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
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Mark
9:35,
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- Drama:
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- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art Images: Mark 9:30-37, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Mark 9:30-37, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
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- Mark 9:30-37, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
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- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- 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:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark
