Since we could write a “book” on each day’s reading, we are going to try to pick out only a few selected verses to write about.

When speaking to the disciples about His soon-to-come crucifixion, Jesus said men would condemn Him to death and...
Mark 10:34
who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise."

Jesus makes it pretty clear that He will rise in three days (three full days and three full nights), not three “parts” of days.

Mark 10:38
"You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

This baptism has nothing to do with water. Salvation happens when a person becomes a believer in Jesus. Being water baptized is an outward symbol of an inward change. The real baptism is baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus asked the blind man, “What do you want me to do for you?” Kind of a rhetorical question, don’t you think? But it illustrates an important point. Even though God knows what we need before we ask Him, He still wants us to ask. Amazing!

For details concerning the parable of the minas, see Parables to Ponder on the website.
http://www.philandpatti.com/biblestudies

One of the most important verses in Scripture for understanding the timeline of the last week of the life of Jesus is the following:

John 12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus arrived at Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

For details concerning the timeline of Holy Week and the anointing of Jesus by Mary, see A Biblical View of Holy Week on the website.
http://www.philandpatti.com/abiblicalviewofholyweek

Let's ponder this verse today “What do you want me to do for you?” and think about all we ask Jesus to do for us.