Note: In Lent we shifted from our ongoing exploration of John’s Gospel to the passion narrative and in Easter continued with John’s account of the resurrection. Having come to the end of John’s narrative, we are now returning to where we left off, picking up with John 3:17. If you want...

Jesus went through one town and village after another, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?” He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. When once the...

They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly...