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MAY 7-13
BETTER THINGS WEY DEY INSIDE BIBLE | MARK 7-8
“Carry Your Torture Stake, and Continue to De Follow Me”
(Mark 8:34) E call the plenty people and the disciples and tell them say: “If anybody want follow me, make e disown e self, carry e torture stake, and continue to de follow me.
nwtsty study note for Mr 8:34
make e disown e self: Or “ready to give God e whole life.” This one still mean say no be the person get e self again. The Greek word fit mean “e must deny e self.” This one really correct because e mean say the person go deny e self of things wey e for like to do. (2Co 5:14, 15) Na the same Greek word Mark use describe the way Peter deny Jesus.—Mr 14:30, 31, 72.
w92 8/1 17 ¶14
You De Run to Get Everlasting Life?
14 When Jesus dey with the disciples and some other people, e tell them say: “If anybody want follow me, make e disown e self, (or, “e must say, ‘No’ to e self,” Charles B. Williams) carry e torture stake, and continue to de follow me.” (Mark 8:34) When we gree say we go follow Jesus, we must “continue to de” follow-am. We no de “continue” to follow Jesus because of any special thing wey we go gain. But because small mistake fit make person loss everything wey e don do for Jehovah work. And e fit even make person no get everlasting life. E no easy for person to serve Jehovah well, na small-small e de start. But e dey easy to spoil everything, if we no continue to serve Jehovah well!
(Mark 8:35-37) Because anybody wey want save e life, go loss-am, but anybody wey loss e life because of me and the good news, go save e life. 36 True-true, wetin person go gain, if e get the whole world and loss e life? 37 Wetin person really fit give to save e life?
w08 10/15 25-26 ¶3-4
Wetin You Go Do so That You Go Save Your Life?
3 That day, Jesus ask two question wey go make person think about wetin dey important pass. E ask say: “Wetin person go gain, if e get the whole world and loss e life?” and, “Wetin person really fit give to save e life?” (Mark 8:36, 37) The answer for the first question simple. Gain no dey if person get the whole world and loss e life. Because property no get any value for person wey don die. Jesus second question na: “Wetin person really fit give to save e life? This question fit remind the people wey Jesus de talk to, about wetin Satan talk for Job time. Satan talk say: “Na everything wey person get e go give because of e life.” (Job 2:4) Wetin Satan talk fit be true for people wey no de worship Jehovah. Plenty people fit do anything so that they no go die. But true Christians no be like that.
4 We know say Jesus no come this earth so that e go give us good health, plenty money and long life for this world. But e come give us hope say we fit gain everlasting life for the new world. Na this life really better pass. (John 3:16) For true Christians, Jesus first question fit mean, “Which gain dey if person get the whole world and loss e chance to get everlasting life?” The answer na say gain no dey at all. (1 John 2:15-17) One question wey go help us understand Jesus second question na, ‘I ready to sacrifice anything now so that I go get everlasting life?’ Na the way we de live our life go show if we get strong hope.—Check John 12:25.
(Mark 8:38) If anybody de shame for me and wetin I de teach, for this world wey sin plenty and wey people no de obey God, the Son of man too go shame for the person when e come with the glory of the Father and the holy angels.”
jy 143 ¶4
Na Who Be the Son of Man?
To make Jesus happy, the disciples must get strong mind and ready to use all their heart work for other people. Jesus talk say: “If anybody de shame for me and wetin I de teach, for this world wey sin plenty and wey people no de obey God, the Son of man too go shame for the person when e come with the glory of the Father and the holy angels.” (Mark 8:38) When Jesus come, “e go pay everybody as them behave.”—Matthew 16:27.
Better Things Wey Dey Inside Bible—Find Am Well
(Mark 7:5-8) So the Pharisees and scribes ask say: “Why your disciples no de do like people for olden days. Them de use hand wey no clean chop?” 6 E tell them say: “Isaiah correct when e talk about wuna wey de pretend. As they write say, ‘Na mouth this people de use worship me, but they no get me for heart. 7 Them de worship me for nothing, because them de teach command of people as belief.’ 8 Wuna don trowey things wey God talk, and de follow people their own.”
Question From People Wey De Read Our Books
Why Pharisee people de complain about how people take de wash hand?
▪ This one na just one of the things wey de make Jesus enemy them de vex for Jesus and e disciples. Jehovah tell Israel people for the Law wey e give them, wetin they go do to dey clean when some kind things make them dirty. Things like leprosy, dead body and wetin de comot for man or woman body. The Law still tell them how sacrifice and water go fit make them clean.—Lev., chaps. 11-15; Num., chap. 19.
But Pharisees and scribes begin add other things for the Law. How we take know? One book talk say them go want know the things wey make the person dirty; and how e fit affect other people. If the person touch any container, e fit affect-am? How they fit make them clean and wetin they go use clean them.
Jesus enemy them ask Jesus say: “Why your disciples no de do like people for olden days. Them de use hand wey no clean chop?” (Mark 7:5) No be just to wash hand this Pharisee people de talk about. Na their tradition to pour water for their hand before them chop. The book still talk say: “They still argue about which kind container they go use pour the water, which kind water go better pass, who go pour-am, and which part of the hand the water go reach.”
How Jesus see all this law wey Pharisee people make? Wetin Jesus do simple, e tell them say: “Isaiah correct when e talk about wuna wey de pretend. As they write say, ‘Na mouth this people de use worship me, but they no get me [Jehovah] for heart. Them de worship me for nothing, because them de teach command of people as belief.’ Wuna don trowey things wey God talk, and de follow people their own.”—Mark 7:6-8.
(Mark 7:32-35) So they come carry one deaf man wey no de fit talk well. They come start to beg Jesus make e put e hand ontop the man. 33 E take the man go one corner where people no dey. E put e finger inside the ear of the man, after e spit, e touch the man for tongue. 34 And as e look heaven, e breath deep and talk say: “Eph′pha·tha,” wey the meaning na “Open.” 35 At once, the ear open, the problem wey dey the man tongue comot, e come de talk well.
w00 2/15 17-18 ¶9-11
You De Think Like Christ?
9 The man na deaf and e no fit talk well. E fit be say Jesus see-am say e no easy for this man and e fit de shame. Jesus do wetin e no de normally do, e carry the man go where people no dey. To make the man know wetin e want do, Jesus “put e finger inside the ear of the man, after e spit, e touch the man for tongue.” (Mark 7:33) After this one, Jesus look heaven, and breath deep. E use this one show the man say na the power of God e want use cure-am. Then, Jesus talk say: “Open.” (Mark 7:34) At once, the man start to hear and talk well.
10 Jesus really show say e de feel for people! E know the things wey they need. Because e de pity them, e do wetin make their heart cool down. As we be Christians, make we too de do things like Jesus. We get advice from Bible say: “Make all of wuna de do things as one, de feel for one another, love one another, de sorry for people and de put body down.” (1 Peter 3:8) This one mean say we need to de care about how other people de feel.
11 Make we de respect brothers and sisters for our congregation and de treat them the way we want make they treat us. (Matthew 7:12) This one mean say we go dey careful when we de talk to them. (Colossians 4:6) No forget say ‘wetin person no use sense talk be like when they chuck person knife.’ (Proverbs 12:18) Husband and wife wey really love each other, de make sure say they no do wetin go vex each other. (Ephesians 5:33) They no de use bad word for each other, curse or talk to each other anyhow. Good papa and mama still de feel for their pikin them, and they no de treat them anyhow. If pikin do bad, the papa and mama go sofri use love correct the pikin the way e no go feel bad. (Colossians 3:21) When we show say we de care for other people, e mean say we de think like Christ.
MAY 14-20
BETTER THINGS WEY DEY INSIDE BIBLE | MARK 9-10
Vision Wey De Make Person Faith Strong”
(Mark 9:1) E still tell them say: “I de tell wuna true say some people wey stand for here no go die at all until they first see when God Kingdom start to rule.”
w05 1/15 12 ¶9-10
Na Christ Be the Main Person Wey the Prophets Talk About
9 About one year don pass since Jesus talk about the things wey the prophets write about Messiah. Now they don do the Passover for 32 C.E. and plenty people don stop to de follow Jesus. E fit be because of problem wey them de face as them de follow Jesus, or the plenty problem wey de worry them for their life or even because they too like money. E fit still be because Jesus no gree be their king. When scribes and Pharisees tell Jesus say make e show them sign from heaven so that they praise-am, Jesus no do-am. (Matthew 12:38, 39) As Jesus no do-am, e fit surprise some people. Then Jesus begin explain for e disciples something wey they no go quick understand. E talk say ‘I must go Jerusalem and suffer for elders, high priest, and scribe their hand. They go kill me and after three days e go wake-up.’—Matthew 16:21-23.
10 Nine or ten month time, “Jesus go comot from this world go meet e Father.” (John 13:1) Because Jesus love e disciples wey they hold-am tight, e promise some of them say e go show them the sign wey e no gree show the scribe and Pharisee people. E talk say: “I de tell wuna true say some people wey stand here no go die at all until they first see when the Son of man de come for e Kingdom.” (Matthew 16:28) This one wey Jesus talk no mean say some of e disciples go dey alive until God Kingdom start de rule for 1914. The thing wey dey Jesus mind na to show three disciple wey be e tight friend the vision of how e go be for the Kingdom. Na transfiguration them de call this vision.
(Mark 9:2-6) After six days, Jesus carry Peter, James, and John go ontop one high mountain, only them. Then e change for their front; 3 e cloth start to shine, e white pass any cloth wey dry cleaner for this earth wash. 4 Elijah and Moses still appear for their front, and them de talk with Jesus 5 Then Peter talk say: “Teacher, e good say we dey here. So make we build three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and for Elijah.” 6 In fact, they no know the thing wey they go do because them de fear.
w05 1/15 12 ¶11
Na Christ Be the Main Person Wey the Prophets Talk About
11 After six days, Jesus carry Peter, James, and John go one high mountain. E fit be say na ontop Mount Hermon they go. When they reach there, Jesus “change for their front; e face start to de shine like sun. And e cloth start to de shine like light.” Moses and Elijah appear and begin talk with Jesus. E fit be say this thing happen for night, this one go make them see everything well. In fact, the vision dey real sotey Peter talk say make they build three tent—one for Jesus, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. As Peter still de talk, bright cloud cover them, then one voice talk say: “This one na my Son wey I love, I don choose-am. Make wuna do the things wey e talk.”—Matthew 17:1-6.
(Mark 9:7) Then cloud form and cover them. One voice talk from inside the cloud say: “This na my Son wey I love. Make wuna do the things wey e talk.”
nwtsty study note for Mr 9:7
one voice: Na three times Jehovah talk to people direct from heaven as they write for the Gospels, this one na the second time.—Check study note for Mr 1:11; Joh 12:28.
Better Things Wey Dey Inside Bible—Find Am Well
(Mark 10:6-9) But from the beginning, ‘e make them man and woman. 7 Because of this one, man go leave e papa and mama, 8 and two of them go become one flesh,’ so they no be two again, but one flesh. 9 So wetin God don join together, make nobody scatter-am.”
w08 2/15 30 ¶8
The Main Point From the Book of Mark
10:6-9. God want make husband and wife no ever leave each other. Instead make husband and wife quick divorce each other, make them de try use Bible settle the problem for their marriage.—Matt. 19:4-6.
(Mark 10:17, 18) As e de go for road, one man run meet-am, and knee down for e front and ask-am say: “Good Teacher, wetin I go do make I fit get everlasting life?” 18 Then, Jesus ask-am say: “Why you de call me good? Nobody good except God.
nwtsty study note for Mr 10:17, 18
Good Teacher: Since Pharisee people de like make other people de greet and respect them, this man call Jesus “Good Teacher” because e want make Jesus happy and to show say e respect Jesus. Even though Jesus no see-am say na bad thing as the man call-am “Teacher” and “Lord” (Joh 13:13), Jesus want make all praise go to e Father.
Nobody good except God: For here, Jesus show say na Jehovah get the power to make law about wetin good and wetin bad. As Adam and Eve chop that fruit, e mean say they want de choose by theirself wetin good and wetin bad. Jesus no do like them, e leave-am for Jehovah make e decide the things wey good and the one wey bad. And Jehovah don use Bible show us the things wey good and the ones wey bad.—Mr 10:19.
MAY 21-27
BETTER THINGS WEY DEY INSIDE BIBLE | MARK 11-12
“The Money Wey E Contribute Big Pass the One Wey Other People Contribute”
(Mark 12:41, 42) Then, e sitdown where e go de see the contribution box. E start de watch the people as them de put money inside contribution box, and plenty rich people de put plenty coin. 42 Now, one poor widow come and e put two small coin wey get small value.
nwtsty study note for Mr 12:41, 42
contribution box: One olden days Jew book talk say this contribution box or container resemble trumpet, or horn. But e get small hole ontop. People de put different-different things inside the contribution box. Joh 8:20 still use the same Greek word wey e dey this verse. For there, they call-am “the treasury.” E fit be say they use-am describe one area for the Court of the Women. (Go check study note for Mt 27:6 and App. B11.) One book wey the name na Mishnah talk say na 13 contribution box dey inside the Court of the Women. People still believe say one big contribution box dey inside the temple, wey them de put all the money wey people contribute.
two small coins: Or “two lepta.” For Greek language, them dey call one coin, le·ptonʹ, but if e pass one, na lepta. Lepton mean something wey flat and small. Na 128 lepton be one denarius. So lepton na the money wey small pass for Israel that time, and na copper or bronze them de use make-am.—Go check Glossary, “Lepton,” and App. B14.
wey get small value: Or “one quadrans.” Ko·dranʹtes na Greek word wey them form from one Latin word quadrans. They use-am describe the copper or bronze coin wey Rome people de use. Na 64 quadrans, be one denarius. For here, Mark use the money wey Rome people de use, explain the money wey Jew people de use.—Go check App. B14.
(Mark 12:43) So e call the disciple make they come and e tell them say: “True-true, I de tell wuna say money wey this poor widow contribute big pass money wey other people put inside the contribution box.
w97 10/15 16-17 ¶16-17
Jehovah Really Like as You De Work With All Your Heart
16 For Nisan 11, Jesus spend plenty hours inside the temple. For there, they ask Jesus question about the things wey e de do, about tax, resurrection and other matter. E talk about many bad things wey scribes and Pharisee people de do, one of them be say, “them de chop things wey widow get.” (Mark 12:40) Then Jesus sitdown inside the Court of the Women. For the Jew people tradition, na 13 contribution box dey there. As e sitdown there, e continue to watch people wey de put money inside contribution box. Plenty rich people wey de put money inside the contribution box, just de do-am so that people go notice them. And some de show say they too righteous. (Still check Matthew 6:2.) Jesus come begin look one woman wey de contribute. Ordinary eye no go ever fit see any better thing about the woman or e contribution. But since Jesus fit know the thing wey dey person mind, e know say the woman na “poor widow.” Jesus know how much wey the woman contribute, “two small coin wey get small value.”—Mark 12:41, 42.
17 Jesus call the disciple make they come, because e want teach them one important lesson. Jesus talk say: “Money wey this poor widow contribute big pass money wey other people put inside the contribution box.” For Jesus, if you add all the other people money together, na the woman own big pass all of them. Because the woman “give everything wey e get,” e last money. As the widow do this one, e put e life for Jehovah hand. For people, the money wey the woman contribute no get value. But Jesus use the woman example teach how to use the better things wey we get praise Jehovah. And for God, the thing wey this woman give, really get value.—Mark 12:43, 44; James 1:27.
(Mark 12:44) Because they contribute from the plenty wey they get. But the poor woman, give everything e get, all wey e get for life.”
w97 10/15 17 ¶17
Jehovah Really Like as You De Work With All Your Heart
17 Jesus call the disciples make they come, because e want teach them one important lesson. Jesus talk say: “Money wey this poor widow contribute big pass money wey other people put inside the contribution box.” For Jesus, if you add all the other people money together, na the woman own big pass all of them. Because the woman “give everything wey e get,” e last money. As e do this one, e put e life for Jehovah hand. For people, the money wey the woman contribute no get value. But Jesus use the woman example teach how to use the better things wey we get praise Jehovah. And for God, the thing wey this woman give, really get value.—Mark 12:43, 44; James 1:27.
w87 12/1 30 ¶1
The Thing Wey You De Give Get Value?
We fit learn plenty lesson from this story. E dey important make all of us know say even though we get opportunity to use the things wey we get support Jehovah work. The thing wey dey important to Jehovah no be to give wetin we fit no need, but na to give wetin we value. So na the thing wey you really value you de give or na the things wey you no need again?
cl 185 ¶15
The Sense Wey Dey God Word
15 For all the people wey come the temple that day, na this widow example dey inside Bible. Jehovah use this example teach say e de value the things wey we de do. E de glad to accept the things wey we use all our heart give-am, even if e small pass other people own. Na correct example Jehovah use teach this lesson.
Better Things Wey Dey Inside Bible—Find Am Well
(Mark 11:17) E de teach and tell them say: “They write-am say, ‘My house go be house of prayer for all people,’ but wuna don make-am be house of thief people.”
nwtsty study note for Mr 11:17
house of prayer for all people: Out of the three people wey quote from Isa 56:7, when them de write the Gospel books, na only Mark add for “all people.” (Mt 21:13; Lu 19:46) The temple for Jerusalem na place wey Israel people and other people wey love God fit de worship Jehovah for there. (1Ki 8:41-43) Jesus vex for the Jew people because them de sell for temple. They turn the temple wey suppose be house of prayer for all people, to house of thief people. This one mean say people no fit come the temple and they no fit be Jehovah friend.
(Mark 11:27, 28) They come Jerusalem again. And as e de waka for inside temple, the chief priests and scribes and the old men come meet-am. 28 They ask-am say: “Na which person power you de use do all this things? Or who give you the power to do all this things?”
jy 244 ¶7
Jesus use Fig Tree Teach Better Lesson About Faith
Small time, Jesus and e disciple enter Jerusalem. As e de always do, e enter the temple and e begin teach. The chief priests and elders start de ask Jesus question. E fit be because of the things wey Jesus do people wey de sell for temple before that day. They ask Jesus say: “Na which person power you de use do all this things? Or who give you the power to do all this things?”—Mark 11:28.
MAY 28–JUNE 3
BETTER THINGS WEY DEY INSIDE BIBLE | MARK 13-14
“No Let Fear of Man Put You for Trap”
(Mark 14:29) But Peter talk say: “Even if all the rest fall, me, I no go fall.”
(Mark 14:31) But e continue de talk with power say: “Even if e mean say make I die with you, I no go ever deny you.” And the rest still talk the same thing.
(Mark 14:50) And all of them run leave Jesus.
(Mark 14:47) But, one person wey stand for corner remove sword and e cut the ear of the high priest slave.
(Mark 14:54) But Peter start de follow Jesus for back small-small sotey e go reach the courtyard of the high priest, and e sitdown near fire with the servants of the house de warm e self.
(Mark 14:66-72) As Peter dey inside the courtyard, one of the servant girl of the high priest come. 67 As e see Peter de warm e self, e look Peter direct and talk say: “You too be dey with Jesus the Naz·a·rene′. 68 But e deny, and talk say: I no know-am at all and I no understand the thing wey you de talk,” then e comot go near the gate. 69 For there, the servant girl see-am again and begin tell people for there say: “Na one of them be this.” 70 But e still deny. Then small time, people wey de stand there begin shout for Peter say: “True-true you be one of them, in fact, you be Gal·i·le′an.” 71 But e begin curse and de swear say: I no know this man wey wuna de talk about!” 72 Na that time cock crow the second time, and Peter remember the thing wey Jesus talk, say: “Before cock crow two times, you go deny me three times.” And e feel bad and begin cry.
ia 200 ¶14
E Learn How to Forgive From the Master
14 As Peter de follow Jesus for back small-small, e come reach the gate of one of the big house for Jerusalem. Na the house of the senior high priest wey e name na Caiaphas. This man get money, and e house get big space for inside and gate for front. Peter reach the gate but they no gree make e enter. John, wey sabi the high priest don already enter. John beg the doorkeeper to allow Peter enter. E be like say Peter no stay near John and e no try enter the house wey their Master dey. Peter stay inside the big space, where some of the servant de warm their body for big fire. Them de look the people wey de come talk lie about Jesus for inside the house.—Mark 14:54-57; John 18:15, 16, 18.
it-2 619 ¶6
Peter
Another disciple follow Peter reach the high priest house. E be like say na this disciple help Peter to fit enter the high priest compound. (Joh 18:15, 16) Peter no hide for one corner, but e go the place wey one big fire dey, go warm e self. The light from the fire, make the people see e face and remember say e de follow Jesus. And because Peter de talk like Galilee person, they start de suspect-am. They tell Peter say e na Jesus disciple but e deny reach three times say e no know Jesus. E even begin curse and swear say e no know Jesus. Na that time cock crow the second time, and Jesus turn look Peter. Peter come go outside, and e start to de cry no be small. (Mt 26:69-75; Mr 14:66-72; Lu 22:54-62; Joh 18:17, 18; check COCKCROWING; OATH.) But, Jesus be don pray for Peter before this time and God answer Jesus prayer. True-true, Peter no stop to get faith.—Lu 22:31, 32.
Better Things Wey Dey Inside Bible—Find Am Well
(Mark 14:51, 52) But one young man start to de follow Jesus and e cover one fine linen and them de try for catch the man, 52 but e leave the fine linen for them and run naked.
w08 2/15 30 ¶6
The Main Point From the Book of Mark
14:51, 52—Who fit be the young man wey leave e cloth run? Na only Mark write about this story, so e fit be say na Mark be this young man wey leave e cloth run.
(Mark 14:60-62) Then the high priest stand up and e ask Jesus question say: “You no go answer?” This things wey this people de talk about you na true? 61 But e just remain quiet. The high priest start de ask e question again and de talk say: “You be Christ? Son of the Blessed One?” 62 Then Jesus talk say: “Yes; and wuna go see the Son of man when e sitdown for the right hand of power, and de come with cloud of heaven.”
jy 287 ¶4
They Carry Jesus Go Meet Annas, and After Go Meet Caiaphas
Caiaphas know say Jew people hate make anybody dey call e self Son of God. Before, when Jesus call e self Son of God, Jew people want kill-am, because they talk say e de claim say “e and God na the same.” (John 5:17, 18; 10:31-39) Because of this one, Caiaphas come use cunny ask Jesus say: “I want make you use the living God swear say you be the Christ, the Son of God!” (Matthew 26:63) Na true say Jesus first talk-am say e na God Son. (John 3:18; 5:25; 11:4) Now, if Jesus no gree say e na Son of God, e go mean say e de deny God. So Jesus tell-am say: “Yes; and wuna go see the Son of man when e sitdown for the right hand of power, and de come with cloud of heaven.”—Mark 14:62.