Contemplative Bible Reading

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.