How Do You Respond to Jesus?

In Mark's gospel there are three basic groups of people:
The crowd
The disciples
The scribes and Pharisees

In Mark 3 we are invited to consider several different responses to Jesus:
by the crowds
by the unclean spirits
by the Twelve
by Jesus' family
and by the scribes.

And at the end of Mark 3 Jesus comments on all this. While there are innumerable ways of grouping people, and there are many possible responses to Jesus, ultimately there is only one way to be part of Jesus' family: “For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

Jesus has come to establish a new family.

Those who sit at Jesus' feet – those who are eager to hear his words and put them into practice – these are the family of Jesus.