Brothers and sisters, here the text is tailored to teach us a thing or two through the eyes of Saint Markus, or better known to you and I as, Saint Mark. Saint Mark, the first gospel of the synoptic gospels, of Mark, Matthew and Luke. It is widely acknowledged by New Testament Scholars, that the Gospel of Mark, the Q Source, Mark is the source of the Matthew and Luke. It’s the Gospel of Mark, in Chapter 1, that John the Baptist, “He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the LORD’s coming! Clear the road for him!” After John’s arrest,