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DAY THREE:  Multitudes Ministered To

Please carefully read Mark 1:32-34 and answer the following questions.

1. As the Sabbath ended, what began happening (v. 32)?

NOTE:  Mark distinguished between those who were physically ill and those who were demon-possessed (the Greek Word could be literally translated into English “demonized”).  We may look at some of these people and think from our modern viewpoint that maybe many of these just had mental illnesses, which may in part be true, but demonic possession, oppression, and activity was and is a reality.[viii]

2.  What was the extent of the community’s response to Jesus (v. 33)?

3.  How did Jesus respond to the needs of this multitude of people, doubtless late into the night (v. 34)? 

NOTES:  Once again Jesus commanded the demons He cast out to be quiet, for they knew Him (the Amplified Bible adds “knew Him intuitively”).  The Greek phrase here indicates that they kept on bringing people to Him; also, He especially didn’t want or need the assistance of Satan and his forces telling people who He is![ix]

4.  The selflessness of Jesus is so apparent in Mark and the other Gospels.  He met their needs regardless of His own.  As Alexander Maclaren well said, “True pity always leads us instinctively to seek to come near those who are its objects.”[x]  Compassion and action are linked for the believer, and demonstrated by Jesus’ example.  What are some other ways that Jesus taught about selfless actions of compassion toward others?

Matthew 9:35, 36; 20:26-28

Luke 12:42-44

John 13:12-17

Scripture Memory:  Try to fill in the missing words in the blanks below, by memory if at all possible, and then review the passage several times today.

Then Jesus, moved with _______________________, stretched out His _____________ and __________________ him, and said to him, "I am ___________________________; be cleansed."  Mark 1:41, nkjv