Lamed Messianic Jewish Studies

Yokhanan Markos Perek 7

        ³¹Again Yeshua went out from the border of Tzor and Tzaidan, and came to the sea of the Galil, to the border of the ten cities. ³²And they brought to Him a deaf and mute man; and they asked Him to lay His hand on him. ³³So He drew him aside from the people, and put his fingers into his ears; then He spat, and touched his tongue; ³⁴and He looked up to Heaven and sighed, and He said to him, “Be opened.” ³⁵And in that very hour his ears were opened, and his tongue was loosened, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶And He warned them not to tell this to any man; but the more He warned them, so much the more they published it. ³⁷And they were greatly astonished, saying, “He does everything so well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute to speak.”

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Yokhanan Markos Perek 8

        ¹In those days, when there was a large multitude, and they had nothing to eat, He called His Talmidim and said to them, ²“I have pity on this people, for they have remained with me three days, and they have nothing to eat; ³and if I dismiss them to their homes while they are hungry, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come from a distance." ⁴His Talmidim said to Him, “How can any man here in this lonely place feed all of these people with bread?” ⁵And He asked them, “How many loaves have you?” They said to Him, “Seven.” ⁶So He commanded the people to sit on the ground; and He took the seven loaves of bread, and He blessed them and broke them and gave them to His Talmidim to set before them; and they set them before the people. ⁷And there were a few fish; and He blessed them also and commanded to set them before the people. ⁸So they ate and were satisfied, and they took up seven baskets of fragments which were left over. ⁹The men who ate were about four thousand; and He dismissed them.
        ¹⁰And immediately He went into the boat with His Talmidim, and He came to the country of Dalmanutha. ¹¹And the P’rushim came out and began to question Him, and they asked Him for a sign from heaven, so as to test Him. ¹²And He sighed in His Ruakh and said, “Why does this generation want a sign? Truly I say to you, No sign will be given to this generation.” ¹³And He left them, and went up into the boat, and departed from that port. ¹⁴And they had forgotten to take bread; except one loaf they had none with them in the boat. ¹⁵And He commanded them and said to them, “Watch out, and beware of the leaven of the P’rushim and of the leaven of Herodus.” ¹⁶They were reasoning among themselves and saying, “It is because we have no bread.” ¹⁷But Yeshua knew it and said to them, “What are you thinking, because you have no bread? Do you not even yet know, and do you not understand? Is your heart still hard? ¹⁸You have eyes, and yet do you not see? You have ears, and yet do you not hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves of bread for the five thousand, how many full baskets of fragments did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” ²⁰He said to them, “And when the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?” They said, “Seven.” ²¹He said to them, “How is it then that even yet you cannot understand?”
        ²²And He came to Beit Tzaida; and they brought to Him a blind man, and they besought Him to touch him. ²³And He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside the town; and He spat on his eyes and put his hands on him and asked him what he saw. ²⁴And he looked and said, “I see men like trees walking.” ²⁵Again He put his hands over his eyes and he was restored and saw everything clearly. ²⁶And He sent him to his house, saying, “Do not even enter into the town, nor tell it to anyone in the town.”
        ²⁷And Yeshua went out, and His Talmidim, to the towns of Caesarea of Philippi; and on the road He asked His Talmidim, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?” ²⁸They said, “Yokhanan HaMatbil; and others, Eli-Yahu; and yet others, One of the prophets.” ²⁹Yeshua said to them, “But you, who do you say I am?” Shimon Kefa answered, saying to Him, “You are the Mashiakh, The Son of the living Elohim.” ³⁰And He warned them not to tell any man about Him. ³¹Then He began to teach them that The Son of Man would have to suffer a great deal and be rejected by the elders and the chief Kohanim and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again on the third day. ³²And He spoke that word openly. So Kefa took him aside and began to rebuke him. ³³But He turned around and looked on His Talmidim, and He rebuked Shimon, saying, “Get behind me, Satan; for you are not thinking the things of Elohim, but of men.” ³⁴And Yeshua called the people together with His Talmidim, and said to them, “He who wishes to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his staff and follow me. ³⁵For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of my B'sorah will save it. ³⁶For how could a man be benefited if he should gain the whole world and lose his nefesh? ³⁷Or what could a man give in exchange for his nefesh? ³⁸Whoever, therefore, is ashamed of me and of my words in this sinful and adulterous generation, The Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with His Holy Messengers.”

Romim Perek 12

        ¹I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of Elohim, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to Elohim, by means of reasonable service. ²Do not imitate the way of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, that you may discern what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of Elohim. ³For I say to all of you, through the grace which is given to me, not to think of yourselves beyond what you ought to think; but to think soberly, every man according to the measure of faith which Elohim has distributed to him. ⁴For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same function, ⁵so we, being many, are one body in Mashiakh, and every one members one of another. ⁶Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us: some have the gift of prophecy, according to the measure of faith, ⁷some have the gift of ministration, in their ministry; and some of teaching, in their doctrine. ⁸Some of consolation, in consoling; he that gives, let him do it with sincerity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness.