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What have you learned about Jesus so far
after reading the first five chapters of Mark? What are some
descriptive statements you would make about him so far?
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What evidence have you seen that shows
the humanness of Jesus?
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Why have the religious leaders become
upset with Jesus?
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In Jesus’ time people saw a meal as a
sacred event when people bound themselves to each other by eating
together. What is mealtime like for you and what would you like it
to represent?
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In part of today’s reading there is a
story about Jesus using just a little bread a few fish to feed 5000
people. This story appears six times in the four gospels. Why do you
think the early Christian community saw it as so important?
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What does it mean to say that Jesus is the bread of life? What do
you know about the abundance or scarcity of food for the masses in
the first century?
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In the story of feeding the multitudes
the disciples had an attitude of seeing only scarcity and Jesus’
attitude was one of seeing abundance. Which attitude do you adopt
most of the time?
