The best lessons in how to study the Bible are learned by studying the Bible.

When we study the Bible carefully, we recognize how the biblical writers dealt with Scripture. We also see how those who are recorded in Scripture teaching Scripture communicated Scripture. And, the result is that we gain help in understanding how you and I should deal with Scripture.

We noted, last week, that Mark makes use of intercalation (a sandwiching technique) to connect two events in a way that allows us to rightly interpret their significance together.

Christ curses a fruitless fig tree, and Christ cleanses a temple that currently represented fruitless worship.