7 - 13 November 2021
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7 - 13 November 2021
Giving your all
Mark 12.38-44In Mark’s Gospel, this scene takes place just after Jesus has made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, and in the last few chapters before his death. The crowds love him, but the religious teachers are threatened and now begin, in earnest, to try to find ways to trip him up so that they can legitimately silence him. But Jesus continues to speak out. Jesus is critical of the greed he sees in Jerusalem and its Temple; he contrasts the showy donations made by the rich elite with the tiny, but proportionally much greater, amount given by a poor widow.
If we include the story from 1 Kings, we are asked to consider two widows who give everything they have. The one who so generously cares for Elijah is left only with God’s promise, delivered through Elijah’s prophetic words. The generous actions of the other is used by Jesus to teach about the sacrificial giving.
This week we explore living and giving generously.
Lectionary Bible readings for RCL Proper 27 Year B
1 Kings 17.8-16
Psalm 146
Hebrews 9.24-28
Mark 12.38-44
Find more resources on these readings
- Proper 27 focused on Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17 (2024)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2021)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2018)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2015)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2012)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2009)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2006)
- Proper 27 focused on Mark 12.38-44 (2003)