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Now the disciples had forgotten to bring any bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”
They said to one another, “It is because we have no bread.” And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? … When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?” They said to him, “Twelve.” … Then he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”(Mark 8:14-17, 19, 21)
The gospel portrait of the first followers of Jesus is, on the whole, an unflattering picture. The gospels do record professions of faith in Christ: Peter’s, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16), and Martha’s, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into…
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