Mark 2:13-22 — The Kingdom of God as a New Way of Living in the World

October 3, 2011

By the seashore and at the table, Jesus continues his teaching ministry. This story begins beside the Sea of Galilee among the crowds—which seems to be a regular habit on the part of Jesus (“again,” Mark writes)—but ends at a table filled with “tax collectors and sinners.” And Jesus does not teach with words alone. […]