Narrative Lectionary

Commentary on Mark 5:1-20 

As Jesus disembarks on the other side of the sea, the disciples fade from the [...]

Commentary on Mark 4:1-34

In Mark chapter 4, the evangelist spins a series of parables and narratives about seeds, [...]

Commentary on Mark 2:1-22 

After a preaching tour in Galilee, Jesus returns to his home base in Capernaum, where [...]

Commentary on Mark 1:1-20

Mark relates no stories of Jesus’ birth or childhood, but launches right into Jesus’ adult [...]

Commentary on Matthew 1:18-25

The Genesis of Jesus At the beginning of his genealogy (1:1) and at the beginning [...]

Commentary on Luke 2:1-20

Luke’s infancy narrative sets the humble birth of Jesus against the backdrop of a mighty [...]

Commentary on Malachi 3:1-7; 4:1-2, 5

The opening affirmation of the book of Malachi should be [...]

Commentary on Daniel 3:1-30

No Other God — that assertion is at the core of this chapter as it [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 18:1-11

The call of Jeremiah used six verbs to characterize his [...]

Commentary on 2 Kings 22:1—23:3

In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent [...]