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These comics are a graphic adaptation of Scot McKnight’s translation of The Gospel of Mark from his book The Second Testament. I will be posting daily through 2025 as part of my own devotional meditation on the Gospels.
Yesous just fed a crowd of 5,000 Jews. This poses an interesting question. Is it ok that His followers eat without washing their hands like they’re expected to? Yesous explains that it is what comes out of a person that makes them unclean, not what they eat (meaning there are no unclean foods). But what about unclean people? Now Yesous journeys into gentile regions and encounters a determined gentile woman who want to see her daughter healed. In case you thought this was a special case, Jesus then goes and heals a deaf man, also a gentile. But there’s more to come…
I do not have written permission to use this text but I highly encourage you to order a copy of The Second Testament for yourself from InterVarsity Press. It is a wonderful resource for engaging with the original authors of the whole New Testament (not just Mark).