{"id":486,"date":"2023-02-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=486&2023"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T00:01:12","slug":"teaching-like-jesus-mark-12-41-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/teaching-like-jesus-mark-12-41-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Like Jesus: Mark 12:41-44"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Mark 12:41-44 (NCV)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\">\r\n<p><sup>41\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus sat near the Temple money box and watched the people put in their money. Many rich people gave large sums of money.  <sup>42\u00a0<\/sup>Then a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which were only worth a few cents.<\/p> <p><sup>43\u00a0<\/sup>Calling his followers to him, Jesus said, \u201cI tell you the truth, this poor widow gave more than all those rich people.  <sup>44\u00a0<\/sup>They gave only what they did not need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had; she gave all she had to live on.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Mark 12:41-44&amp;version=ncv\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Mark 12:41-44<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>While it is easy to look at this passage and focus in on what Jesus taught us, what is even more amazing and insightful is looking at what Jesus does in this passage. Many people miss this because they are focused in on the teaching, but in this passage is an amazing example that we all can benefit from if we ever are given the opportunity of communicating a message to others.<\/p>\r\n<p>Looking at how the passage opens, we read: \u201c<strong>Jesus sat near the Temple money box and watched the people put in their money.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 41)<\/p>\r\n<p>Maybe some of those who were there wanted to show off for Jesus and chose to give extra big gifts because He was close by, but Jesus had a different mission. He was waiting for the sacrificial gift \u2013 the gift that cost the giver everything \u2013 and He soon spotted it. Jesus knew what He was looking for, while everyone else would have easily missed it. \u201c<strong>Then a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which were only worth a few cents.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 42)<\/p>\r\n<p>What Jesus has done here is simply search out a relevant, current event that helps illustrate what He wanted to share. Jesus could have woven a parable to illustrate this gift, and while we can see the theme of giving included in a number of His parables, Jesus knew that a concrete example from real life would be much more powerful.<\/p>\r\n<p>So Jesus sits and waits until He spots such an example, and then He shines the spotlight on it. In the same way, the best illustrations we can use when we communicate with others are real life stories \u2013 and ideally they are ones that are connected with the people we are communicating to.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Jesus used parables to help illustrate things that would be harder to find direct examples of in real life, but He seemed to prefer sharing real life examples over parables whenever He could.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--486\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '486');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While it is easy to look at this passage and focus in on what Jesus taught us, what is even more amazing and insightful is looking at what Jesus does in this passage. Many people miss this because they are focused in on the teaching, but in this passage is an amazing example that we [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text"],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Teaching Like Jesus: Mark 12:41-44 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/teaching-like-jesus-mark-12-41-44\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Teaching Like Jesus: Mark 12:41-44 - Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While it is easy to look at this passage and focus in on what Jesus taught us, what is even more amazing and insightful is looking at what Jesus does in this passage. 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