Romans 15:30–33

Philippians 1:18b–26

Psalm 46:1–11

Mark closes his gospel by saying: “The gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is an event that shatters all our categories and leaves us with shock and awe.” (Mark 15:40–16:8)

Those who see what the cross is and what it accomplished come to confess that Jesus is the Son of God who has come to save sinners. (Mark 15:21–39)

We are well supplied to keep going in difficult days. (2 Timothy 3:10–17)

All you need is the cross of Christ, because at the cross Jesus rescues believers, satisfies the Father, and conquers demonic powers. Don’t try to add or supplement what Jesus called “finished!” (Colossians 2:13–15)

(John 4:1–42)

Jesus is the divine King who should be received and worshiped by the Jews and Gentiles, but instead he was rejected and condemned by the Jews and Gentiles in fulfillment of God the Father’s plan to save the Jews and the Gentiles. (Mark 15:1–20)

Exodus 12:1–27