Jesus who proclaims and heals is not welcomed by everybody. It is noteworthy thy in this pericope that it is the religious establishment that is threatened and unwelcoming (vv. 6–7). Finally, the Jesus who heals sends people home, back to the locus of their everyday activities (v. 12). We take up, our mats to go home to our responsibilities. But we return as changed, healed persons. For Further Reading Lewis Hay, JBL 89 (1970): 69–75. 2:13–17 The story begins outside and moves inside. Again, in Mark,