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09/15/2025
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“You give them something to eat” (v13). Jesus had given his disciples “power and authority” over demons and diseases and sent them out to preach and to heal (v2). They were beginning to understand that Jesus was “the Christ of God”, the Anointed One (v20). Jesus called them further – not just to believe in him, but to act in his name. Following him was not putting on a new cultural label, but death to the old self and a radical commitment to a new way of living (v23).
“And they all ate and were satisfied” (v17). Jesus the King calls us to give him everything, trusting that life according to his ways, his words, and his will is worth every risk.