Mark 2:13-17 We celebrate today the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Jesus who taught with authority, the great healer, who had authority over demons, came into Jerusalem with a large, exuberant crowd. They followed him and ran ahead of him as he rode in the midst of this celebration on the colt of a…

Various John the Baptist had disciples who followed him. They lived with him. They watched him as he interacted with the crowds who came from Jerusalem to see if he might be Israel’s first prophet in four hundred years and maybe be the long promised Messiah who would deliver Israel. Wherever John the Baptist went,…