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No, You Do It

November 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Mark 6:36-37 (New International Version)

36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”

These statements are part of Mark’s recording of the feeding of 5,000 men. Verse 36 is what the Apostles say:

Send these people away to find some food for themselves.

Jesus replies:

No, you feed them.

I may be reading too much into this. But I see Jesus saying:

  • be a servant
  • be a shepherd
  • be a leader
  • be faithful

I hear Jesus saying this to me.

Tags: Mark · New Testament

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