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  Theme  Resting  Text Mark 6:30-34; 53-56 3 0  The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.   31  Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them,  “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”  32  So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.   33  But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.   34  When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. 53  When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.   54  As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus.   55  They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.   56  And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in