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My Sheep Hear My Voice: The Children’s Bread
Mark 7:24-30
Mark 7:24-30
In this section Mark reflects upon Jesus' sudden exit from Galilee northward into the land of the Gentiles. The one hundred and fifty mile campaign began in the regions of Tyre and Sidon and then looped southeast through Caesarea and continued down into the region of the Decapolis, the ten cities. Here Jesus shocked his whole team of disciples as he ministered to the Gentiles and even conferred salvation upon them. Noteworthy is the Apostle John’s description of Jesus’ description of those who were His sheep: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd” (Joh.10:14-17). Jesus goes on to further clarify: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand” (Jon.10:27). As Jesus ministers to a Gentile woman, the words “I have other sheep” comes to an illumined clarity.
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