Head of the House

Mark 3:7-35

Who is Jesus?  That's the question Mark presses readers on again and again. And the answer to who is Jesus is the most important question you will ever ask. Because apart from Jesus, the real Jesus, apart from him we cannot be saved. Apart from him we won't grow, we won't change. Apart from him we lose hope in this life.

At the end of chapter 3, Mark gives us a vivid picture of the different ways people were responding to that question, who is Jesus? And there were different ways people were answering that question. And the truth is that those same response still show up today. There's some deep, even troubling verses in this passage, because how you answer that question carries eternal weight.

GOING DEEPER  
Parallel, Related and Referenced Passages
Parallel Accounts: Matt. 12:15–50, Luke 6:12-16; 8:19-21; 11:14-23  
 
1) THE CROWD

• Mark 7:24–30 – Gentiles coming to Jesus 
• John 6:26 – Following Jesus for what He provides 

 
2) HIS FAMILY

• John 7:5 – Even His brothers did not believe  

 
3) THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS

• Isaiah 49:24–25 – The Strong Man’s house; God rescues the captives  
• Isaiah 5:20 – Calling good evil and evil good 
• 1 Timothy 1:13–15 – Paul’s transformation 

 
4) HIS FOLLOWERS

• Luke 9:54 – “Lord, do you want us to call down fire on them?” (Sons of Thunder)  
• Matthew 10:24–25 – If they called the head Beelzebul