October 5, 2024

October 5, 2024

Mark 10:2-16 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time October 6, 2024 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 2:18-24 Hebrews 2:19-11 Mark 10:2-16 A. Text/Context • One of the dirty tactics that the Pharisees employ in order to trap Jesus is to ask the legality of a certain law. If they will find Jesus wrong in his answers they will condemn him • Jesus is a teacher, and as a teacher, and as a faithful Jew he is expected to know not only the basic tenets of Judaism but also all the laws that govern the same religion • Here in the gospel, the Pharisees are asking Jesus: Is it lawful for […]