It does not explain the basileia of God. Rather, like a work of art, it confronts us with its power and implications and demands a response. The reign of God is not “like” the farmer, the seed, the process of growth, or the harvest, but it is “sorta like” each of them and all of them taken together. As Mark 4:9 puts it, “Let anyone Mark 6:31-34. 31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”. 32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. 33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the Mark 4:32. μεῖζον π. τ. λαχάνων, the greatest of all the herbs, still only an herb; no word of a tree here as in Matthew and Luke, though comparatively tree-like in size, making great boughs (κλάδους μεγάλους), great relatively to its kind, not to forest trees. Mark’s version here is evidently the more original. However, many more people than just the disciples realized Jesus had great power to heal, bless, and deliver from Satan. The crowds knew. They swarmed him. They anticipated his next move. They dogged his steps. They brought their sick to him. Jesus had the power, and they knew it. The real question is whether we know it. 34. My soul is exceeding sorrowful] Here again we have a remarkable word.We met with it before (ch. Mark 6:26), where “Herod is said to have been “ exceeding sorry ” at the request for the Baptist’s head; St Luke also uses the word (Luke 18:23-24) to describe how the rich young ruler was “ very sorrowful,” when he was bidden to sacrifice his wealth. Mark 6:35. PREVIOUS Mark 6:34 NEXT Mark 6:36. Mark 6:35. And when the day was now far spent. Or "much time was gone", in teaching the people, and healing the sick: his disciples came unto him; nearer to him, as he was preaching, or healing the sick; and said, this is a desert place, and now the time is far passed; ( See Gill on Matthew 14:15 ). 53 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. 54 As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. 55 They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. Mark 6:40. ``R. Eliezer ben Azariah expounded before the wise men in the vineyard (i.e. the university) of Jabneh: though was there a vineyard there? but these are the disciples of the wise men, who are made, or placed, ( twrwv twrwv) , "rows, rows", or "in ranks", as a vineyard.''. that is, an hundred in "each" bed, or row, and fifty in "each 8khw.