Bible Studies

We hope you find our 'Word in Time' Bible studies support you in recognising God in Scripture, and the world around you.

Each week’s studies are written by volunteers across the Connexion (you can read the author’s biography after each study). They follow the lectionary of the Methodist Prayer Handbook. You may additionally be interested in our Prayer of the Day, also from the Methodist Prayer Handbook.

If you would like to write for A Word in Time, please email wit@methodistchurch.org.uk

This week's theme: Signs of the Kingdom

When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a physician.' (v. 17)
Mark 2:13-17
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“When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does he eat with tax-collectors and sinners?’ When Jesus heard this, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.’” (vv. 16-17)
Mark 2:13-17 (Jesus calls Levi)
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Jesus said to them, 'The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they?' (v. 19)
Mark 2:18-22
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'The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them.' (v. 20)
Mark 2:18-22
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“Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and people came and said to him, ‘Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?’ Jesus said to them, ‘The wedding-guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they?’” (vv. 18-19)
Mark 2:18-22 (The question about fasting)
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Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath? (v. 24)
Mark 2:23-28
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Mark 2:23-28
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“The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath” (v. 27)
Mark 2:23-28
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“Then he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.’” (vv. 27-28)
Mark 2:23 – 3:6
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Then he said to them, 'Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?' (v. 4)
Mark 3:1-6
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“Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?” (v. 4)
Mark 3:1-6
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"Then he said to them, 'Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to kill?'" (v. 4)
Mark 3:1-6
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