Lord, why are you pushing us\par away from you?\par Why are you making it hard\par for us to follow you?\par Come back to us Lord!\par We are your servants.\par Come to us and help us!\par Our families belong to you.\par
Mark 6:52 - Easy To Read Version They still didn’t understand \{his power\}. It was like the miracle he did with the bread. They still didn’t understand what that meant. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they failed to consider or understand [the teaching and meaning of the miracle of] the loaves; [in fact] their hearts had grown callous [had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]. American Standard Version (1901) for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened. Common English Bible That’s because they hadn’t understood about the loaves. Their minds had been closed so that they resisted God’s ways. Catholic Public Domain Version For they did not understand about the bread. For their heart had been blinded. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was blinded. |
Lord, why are you pushing us\par away from you?\par Why are you making it hard\par for us to follow you?\par Come back to us Lord!\par We are your servants.\par Come to us and help us!\par Our families belong to you.\par
Later Jesus showed himself to the eleven followers while they were eating. Jesus criticized the followers because they had little faith. They were stubborn and refused to believe the people that said Jesus had risen from death.
Jesus looked at the people. He was angry. But he felt very sad because they were stubborn. Jesus said to the man, “Let me see your hand.” The man put his hand out for Jesus, and it was healed.
Jesus said, “You still have trouble understanding? Surely you know that nothing that enters a person from the outside can make him wrong.
Then Jesus said to the two men, “You are foolish and slow to realize what is true. You should believe everything the prophets {\cf2\super [391]} said.
“God made the people blind.\par God closed their minds.\par God did this so that they will not\par see with their eyes\par and understand with their minds.\par God did this so that they would not turn and be healed.”\par \i (Isaiah 6:10)\i0 \par
So this is what has happened: The people of Israel (the Jews) tried \{to be right with God\}. But they did not succeed. But the people God chose did \{become right with him\}. The other people became hard and refused to listen to God.