We can identify three sets of people who have contact with Jesus in this passage. Three sermons might usefully bring them together since they are a diverse cross-section of society and represent different parts of the populace. Yet all are associated with him. (a) The crowds. They are often in the background of Mark’s story and the evangelist uses them to point up Jesus’ initial popularity and appeal. They represent human life at its most obvious need: oppressed
Mark 3:7–35