Why didn’t the disciples understand what Jesus said about his being killed. Perhaps it is because, at this point, they finally believe he is the son of God and, as the Messiah, they think he will rise to great power and rule the world; however, later in Mark 9:35, he reverses all their thinking - “Anyone who would be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.” After all this time waiting for the Messiah to drive out the Romans, this must have been hard for the disciples to understand.
We also discussed the importance of doing good deeds and behaving in a Christian way without making a great show of it. Jesus said that if we help someone in his name, we are doing it for him and, if we help him, we are doing it for God but remember Matthew 6:5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full."
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