Jesus is gaining followers. There are those people who came to him because they wanted to be healed, and did not care for much else. Jesus still had compassion on those people. But these twelve men that he took up on the mountain were different. Yes they had their problems as we all we know, and one of them was even a traitor, but they were special. They were called by Jesus and given very special abilities and authority. They were to go out and preach and they also had the power to cast-out demons. Remember these 12 people, they play pivotal roles in this book, and many of them are also mentioned in the book of Acts. Almost all of them were killed because they believed in Jesus. (and one of them has an awesome name!)
The second thing that happens after this is Jesus’ family accuses him of being out of his mind. The God of the universe in human flesh is being accused of being insane because he is doing the work of his Father. Being persecuted by the outside for doing the right thing is expected, but being called crazy by your family is not. Jesus suffered, thankfully he suffered for us.
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