Mark 8:1-3 (NIV)
1 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said,
2 "I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.
3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance."
Jesus fed another large crowd not long ago in this Gospel. Two things were quite different in this case. Jesus brings up His concern for their hunger. Earlier the disciples had brought up the matter of feeding the crowd, urging Jesus to send them away to get food. Secondly, this time the crowd is made up of Gentiles, not Jews.
In these two accounts I believe the message is that Jesus came to feed and bring the Gospel to everyone, not just the Jews. The good news is for everyone. The disciples would have naturally been more concerned with their own people. Were they not chosen by God Himself? Here Jesus makes a statement that speaks to all people and of why He came.
He tells them, “I have compassion for these people;”
You and I are included
His love endures forever
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