![]() ![]() Yet the chapter continued on from there, and that is where we will pick up this week. She used everyone to accomplish her purposes, even her own daughter who danced provocatively in front of Herod and his guests! It accomplished what Herodias wanted: the silencing of the voice that had repeatedly rebuked Herod and herself for their sin. Herod’s evil wife Herodias (whom he shouldn’t even have married) was the force behind this plot to murder John. Sadly we read of the execution of John the Baptist under Herod. This mission gave the disciples training in how to serve and live by faith, and it is the final push being made by Jesus into the Galilee area, for He was now transitioning away from ministry there. Rather than letting this harsh rejection derail His ministry in Galilee, Jesus instead multiplied it! He sent out the twelve disciples in pairs to be able to cover more ground there. Jesus’ own family and others He had grown up with rejected Him. ![]() The first half of Mark 6 showed us much about the heart of unbelief and compromise. ![]() Lesson 10 : Compassion and Faith ( Mark 6:30-56) ![]()
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