In scene one, Jesus gets rejected by his hometown crowd. In scene two, he sends the Disciples out with a warning that the same may happen to them. This pairing feels deliberate on the part of Mark, but it's not often how we talk about evangelism, ministry, or pushing forward the Kingdom of God. We make the sales pitch, "Get out there!" This is an important message, but we don't often pair it the way that Jesus did with the message, "It may be extremely difficult and painful."
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