<p>For all other episodes and more, check out our website at <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/thewordonthestreetpodcast.com">thewordonthestreetpodcast.com </a></p> <p>Follow Anna on her <strong>Facebook Page</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast">here</a></p> <p>Join The Word On The Street Podcast conversation on our <strong>Facebook group</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/543910553118656">here</a></p> <p>Follow<strong> The Word On The Street Podcast </strong>on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast/">here</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-word-on-the-street/id1500950080">here to leave a review </a>on Apple Podcasts</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are the bible verses quoted in today's episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 7:1-23</strong></p> <p>Some Pharisees and several teachers of the Law of Moses from Jerusalem came and gathered around Jesus.<strong> </strong>They noticed that some of his disciples ate without first washing their hands.</p> <p>The Pharisees and many others obey the teachings of their ancestors. They always wash their hands in the proper way before eating.<strong> </strong>None of them will eat anything they buy in the market until it is washed. They also follow a lot of other teachings, such as washing cups, pitchers, and bowls.</p> <p>The Pharisees and teachers asked Jesus, “Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? Why do they eat without washing their hands?”</p> <p>Jesus replied:</p> <p>You are nothing but show-offs! The prophet Isaiah was right when he wrote that God had said,</p> <p>“All of you praise me<br>    with your words,<br> but you never really<br>    think about me.</p> <p>It is useless for you<br>    to worship me,<br> when you teach rules<br>    made up by humans.”</p> <p>You disobey God's commands in order to obey what humans have taught. You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings! Didn't Moses command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents? But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they own has been offered to God.You won't let those people help their parents.<strong> </strong>And you ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. You do a lot of other things just as bad.</p> <p>Jesus called the crowd together again and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean.<strong> </strong>The food that you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”</p> <p>After Jesus and his disciples had left the crowd and gone into the house, they asked him what these sayings meant. He answered, “Don't you know what I am talking about by now? You surely know that the food you put into your mouth cannot make you unclean. It doesn't go into your heart, but into your stomach, and then out of your body.” By saying this, Jesus meant that all foods were fit to eat.</p> <p>Then Jesus said:</p> <p>What comes from your heart is what makes you unclean. Out of your heart come evil thoughts, vulgar deeds, stealing, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, greed, meanness, deceit, indecency, envy, insults, pride, and foolishness.<strong> </strong>All of these come from your heart, and they are what make you unfit to worship God.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Today's Questions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>What unclean things do you remember from Jesus list? Was there anything that you think might be in your heart that you want to get out?</li> <li>If there was a list of good things in your heart, what might be in that list?</li> <li>Does doing good things get us eternal life with God? If not, what does?</li> </ul>

<p>For all other episodes and more, check out our website at <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/thewordonthestreetpodcast.com">thewordonthestreetpodcast.com </a></p> <p>Follow Anna on her <strong>Facebook Page</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast">here</a></p> <p>Join The Word On The Street Podcast conversation on our <strong>Facebook group</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/543910553118656">here</a></p> <p>Follow<strong> The Word On The Street Podcast </strong>on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast/">here</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-word-on-the-street/id1500950080">here to leave a review </a>on Apple Podcasts</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are the bible verses quoted in today's episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: 1 Kings 16:33</strong></p> <p>Ahab did more to make the Lord God of Israel angry than any king of Israel before him.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: 1 Kings 17:1</strong></p> <p>One day Elijah went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living Lord, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: 1 Kings 18:1</strong></p> <p> For three years no rain fell in Samaria, and there was almost nothing to eat anywhere. The Lord said to Elijah, “Go and meet with King Ahab. I will soon make it rain.” So Elijah went to see Ahab. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 4:35-41</strong></p> <p>That evening, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let's cross to the east side.” So they left the crowd, and his disciples started across the lake with him in the boat. Some other boats followed along. Suddenly a storm struck the lake. Waves started splashing into the boat, and it was about to sink.</p> <p>Jesus was in the back of the boat with his head on a pillow, and he was asleep. His disciples woke him and said, “Teacher, don't you care that we're about to drown?”</p> <p>Jesus got up and ordered the wind and the waves to be quiet. The wind stopped, and everything was calm.</p> <p>Jesus asked his disciples, “Why were you afraid? Don't you have any faith?”</p> <p>Now they were more afraid than ever and said to each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 6:45-52</strong></p> <p>At once, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and start back across to Bethsaida. But he stayed until he had sent the crowds away. Then he told them goodbye and went up on the side of a mountain to pray.</p> <p>Later in the evening he was still there by himself, and the boat was somewhere in the middle of the lake.<strong> </strong>He could see that the disciples were struggling hard, because they were rowing against the wind. Not long before morning, Jesus came toward them. He was walking on the water and was about to pass the boat.</p> <p>When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water, they thought he was a ghost, and they started screaming. All of them saw him and were terrified. But at this same time he said, “Don't worry! I am Jesus. Don't be afraid.”<strong> </strong>He then got into the boat with them, and the wind died down. The disciples were completely confused. Their minds were closed, and they could not understand the true meaning of the loaves of bread.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Today's Questions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Why do you think God chooses to make it a drought sometimes - make it so that it doesn’t rain for ages?</li> <li>How do you feel knowing that God can control the weather? Is it a comfort to you or is it scary? Explain your answer.</li> <li>Do you have faith that Jesus can do these amazing things even though you haven’t seen it like the disciples did?</li> </ul>

<p>For all other episodes and more, check out our website at <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/thewordonthestreetpodcast.com">thewordonthestreetpodcast.com </a></p> <p>Follow Anna on her <strong>Facebook Page</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast">here</a></p> <p>Join The Word On The Street Podcast conversation on our <strong>Facebook group</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/543910553118656">here</a></p> <p>Follow<strong> The Word On The Street Podcast </strong>on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast/">here</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-word-on-the-street/id1500950080">here to leave a review </a>on Apple Podcasts</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are the bible verses quoted in today's episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 6:30-44</strong></p> <p>After the apostles returned to Jesus, they told him everything they had done and taught.<strong> </strong>But so many people were coming and going that Jesus and the apostles did not even have a chance to eat. Then Jesus said, “Let's go to a place where we can be alone and get some rest.” They left in a boat for a place where they could be alone. But many people saw them leave and figured out where they were going. So people from every town ran on ahead and got there first.</p> <p>When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd that was like sheep without a shepherd. He felt sorry for the people and started teaching them many things.</p> <p>That evening the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This place is like a desert, and it's already late.<strong> </strong>Let the crowds leave, so they can go to the farms and villages near here and buy something to eat.”</p> <p>Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.”</p> <p>But they asked him, “Don't you know it would take almost a year's wages to buy all of these people something to eat?”</p> <p>Then Jesus said, “How much bread do you have? Go and see!”</p> <p>They found out and answered, “We have five small loaves of bread and two fish.”<strong> </strong>Jesus told his disciples to tell the people to sit down on the green grass. They sat down in groups of 100 and groups of 50.</p> <p>Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and blessed the food. Then he broke the bread and handed it to his disciples to give to the people. He also divided the two fish, so everyone could have some.</p> <p>After everyone had eaten all they wanted, Jesus' disciples picked up twelve large baskets of leftover bread and fish.</p> <p>There were 5,000 men who ate the food.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 8:1-9</strong></p> <p>One day another large crowd gathered around Jesus. They had not brought along anything to eat. So Jesus called his disciples together and said,<strong> </strong>“I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat.<strong> </strong>Some of them live a long way from here. If I send them away hungry, they might faint on their way home.”</p> <p>The disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”</p> <p>Jesus asked them how much food they had. They replied, “Seven small loaves of bread.”</p> <p>After Jesus told the crowd to sit down, he took the seven loaves and gave thanks. He then broke the loaves and handed them to his disciples, who passed them out to the crowd.<strong> </strong>They also had a few little fish, and after Jesus had blessed these, he told the disciples to pass them around.</p> <p>The crowd of about 4,000 people ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: John 1:1-3</strong></p> <p>In the beginning was the one<br>    who is called the Word.<br> The Word was with God<br>    and was truly God.</p> <p>From the very beginning<br>    the Word was with God.</p> <p>And with this Word,<br>    God created all things.<br> Nothing was made<br>    without the Word.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Today's Questions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>How do you think Jesus making the bread and fish actually happened?</li> <li>Why do you think Jesus made more fish and bread than he needed to?</li> <li>Why did the disciples, the second time there was a hungry crowd, not ask Jesus to feed them again, knowing that he could?</li> </ul>

<p>For all other episodes and more, check out our website at <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/thewordonthestreetpodcast.com">thewordonthestreetpodcast.com </a></p> <p><br></p> <p>For more episodes on Jesus’ Parables, go <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/category/Parables">here</a></p> <p>Click here for the episode on <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/parableofthesoils">The Parable of the Soils</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow Anna on her <strong>Facebook Page</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast">here</a></p> <p>Join The Word On The Street Podcast conversation on our <strong>Facebook group</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/543910553118656">here</a></p> <p>Follow<strong> The Word On The Street Podcast </strong>on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast/">here</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-word-on-the-street/id1500950080">here to leave a review </a>on Apple Podcasts</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are the bible verses quoted in today's episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 4:21-23</strong></p> <p>Jesus also said, “You don't light a lamp and put it under a clay pot or under a bed. Don't you put a lamp on a lampstand? There is nothing hidden that will not be made public. There is no secret that will not be well known. If you have ears, pay attention!</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 4:26-29</strong></p> <p>Again Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field. The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn't understand how. It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain. Then when harvest season comes and the grain is ripe, the farmer cuts it with a sickle.”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 4:30-32</strong></p> <p>Finally, Jesus said, “What is God's kingdom like? What story can I use to explain it?<strong> </strong>It is like what happens when a mustard seed is planted in the ground. It is the smallest seed in all the world.<strong> </strong>But once it is planted, it grows larger than any garden plant. It even puts out branches that are big enough for birds to nest in its shade.”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 4:33-34</strong></p> <p>Jesus used many other stories when he spoke to the people, and he taught them as much as they could understand.<strong> </strong>He did not tell them anything without using stories. But when he was alone with his disciples, he explained everything to them. </p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Today's Questions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Can you create a new parable like the one about the mustard seed, but using seeds or trees you are more familiar with?</li> <li>What do you think of Jesus’ Parables? Do you have a favourite one?</li> </ul>

<p>For all other episodes and more, check out our website at <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/thewordonthestreetpodcast.com">thewordonthestreetpodcast.com </a></p> <p>Follow Anna on her Facebook Page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast">here</a></p> <p>Join The Word On The Street Podcast conversation on our Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/543910553118656">here</a></p> <p>Follow The Word On The Street Podcast on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast/">here</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-word-on-the-street/id1500950080">here to leave a review </a>on Apple Podcasts</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are the bible verses quoted in today's episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 1:15</strong></p> <p> “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 1:16-20</strong></p> <p>As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.</p> <p>When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 1:29-34</strong></p> <p>As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.</p> <p>That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 1:35-39</strong></p> <p>Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: “Everyone is looking for you!”</p> <p>38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” 39 So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Bible Passage: Mark 1:40-45</strong></p> <p>A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”</p> <p>Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.</p> <p>Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Today's Questions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Jesus can do all kinds of miracles. Why do you think Jesus chose to spend time healing so many people?</li> <li>What might the people who flocked to Jesus be thinking about who he is and where he gets his power from?</li> </ul>

<p>For all other episodes and more, check out our website at <a href="https://www.thewordonthestreetpodcast.com/podcast/thewordonthestreetpodcast.com">thewordonthestreetpodcast.com </a></p> <p>Follow Anna on her Facebook Page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast">here</a></p> <p>Join The Word On The Street Podcast conversation on our Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/543910553118656">here</a></p> <p>Follow The Word On The Street Podcast on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewordonthestreetpodcast/">here</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-word-on-the-street/id1500950080">here to leave a review </a>on Apple Podcasts</p> <p><br></p> <p>Here are the bible verses quoted in today's episode:</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Mark 1:1</strong></p> <p>“This is the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” (CEV) </p> <p>The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (ESV)</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Mark 1:4-11</strong></p> <p>John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”</p> <p>In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son;[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+1&version=ESV#fen-ESV-24223d">d</a>] with you I am well pleased.”</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Today's Questions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>If you were one of the crowd at the river with John the Baptist when he baptised Jesus, what would you think of the heavens being torn open and the spirit coming down like bird?</li> <li>What are your thoughts on Jesus getting baptised and why he needed to do that?</li> </ul>