When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the market-places, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed. (Mark 6: 53-56)

Chapter Six began with Jesus at Nazareth where he could do no deed of power because the people rejected him. He offended their expectations.

He moves on to teaching before a great crowd who did not understand what he said and misunderstood a miracle. Jesus did not bring the expected message.

When Jesus was finally able to communicate at least part of his message it was so far outside their expectations many of his followers left him.

People who had no notion of his mission rushed about, asked, and expected to be healed. Jesus fulfilled their expectation.

The expectatons we bring to Jesus will in many ways determine what we find.