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Pentecost Season · Proper 11 · Year B

Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

The Compassionate Shepherd and Healings at Gennesaret

July 18, 2027

Christ Healing the Sick, Washington Allston
Christ Healing the Sick, Washington Allston, 1813Worcester Art Museum
Allston worked on this vast canvas for years and left it unfinished, the figures emerging out of a brown ground that was never resolved.He had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd: the reading is a crowd that will not let him rest.Washington AllstonAn American painter and poet, the first Romantic of American art, who spent twenty-five years on one canvas and never finished it.Worcester Art MuseumA New England museum founded in 1896, with a collection that runs from Roman mosaics to American portraits.Worcester Art Museum
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMk. 6:30-34, 53-56Mk 6:30-34, 53-56
EpistleEph. 2:11-22Eph 2:11-22
Old Testament2 Sam. 7:1-14a2 Sm 7:1-14aAlt. OTJer. 23:1-6Jer 23:1-6
PsalterPs. 89:20-37Ps 89:20-37Alt. PsalmPs. 23Ps 23

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"He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd." (Mark 6:34)

Jesus calls the returning apostles to rest, but on meeting a large crowd he has compassion and teaches them; later at Gennesaret people bring the sick to be healed by touching the fringe of his cloak.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56Working Preacher: Commentary on Mk 6:30-34, 53-56 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on the shepherdless crowd and healings for Year B, Proper 11.

Enduring Word: Mark 6Enduring Word: Mk 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Mark 6 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Mk 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Deep study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 6.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 6:30BibleHub: Commentaries on Mk 6:30 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the pericope's opening verse.

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Background & Word Study

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Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.

BibleHub: Mark 6 InterlinearBibleHub: Mk 6 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 6.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Mark 6Catena: Mk 6 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Mark 6.

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Art & Music

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