In yesterday’s Daily Teaching we saw that Jesus took His disciples aside privately into a deserted place belonging to the city called Bethsaida (Lk. 9:10b). According to Mark’s Gospel, Jesus had the specific intention of seeing His disciples get some rest (Mk. 6:31). But that invitation to some much needed relaxation would be short-lived, at least in the short term. The deserted place of Bethsaida wouldn’t be deserted for too long.

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