Mark 4:31. ESV It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, NIV It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. NASB It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is the smallest of all the seeds that are upon the soil, The response of Jesus to the crowds – compassion (vs. 34) – BecauseJesus was seeking a place of rest for Himself and His disciples we can imagine different ways He could have responded to the persistent crowds. He could have dismissed them or found a way to escape them, but He does neither. Instead Mark records that Jesus had compassion on Mark 6:34-44. Saturday of week 10 of Christmas; Mark 6:45-52. Saturday of week 10 of Christmas; Mark 6:53-56. Monday of week 5 of Ordinary Time; Mark 7:1-13. Mark 6:34New Living Translation. 34 Jesus saw the huge crowd as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. Read full chapter. Mark 6:34 in all English translations. Mark 5. iii. “The bill of particulars was presented in Ezekiel 34:3, with the forms of the verbs in the Hebrew original indicating that the faithless shepherds were continually doing these acts. The emphasis was that the shepherds had but one objective in mind, namely, their own enjoyment and pleasure.” (Feinberg) iv. Mark 6:5. οὐκ ἠδύνατο , etc., He was not able to do any mighty work, which is qualified by the added clause, that He placed His hands on a few ailing persons ( ἀρρώστοις ); quite minor cures, not to be compared with those reported in the previous chapter. msSgJYS.

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