Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 6:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 6:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 6:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, Jesus felt love and care for the big crowd because they seemed lost and didn't know where to go, like sheep without someone to guide them. So, he started to tell them important things to help them understand and find their way.

Mark 6:34: And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:34

Mark 6:34 speaks of Jesus' compassion and teaching, while Matthew 10:34 describes Jesus bringing a sword, indicating division rather than peace.

Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

Contradiction with Luke 12:49

Mark 6:34 shows Jesus being compassionate and peaceful, whereas Luke 12:49 depicts him as bringing fire and division.

Luke 12:49: I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

Contradiction with John 2:15

In contrast to the compassion in Mark 6:34, John 2:15 shows Jesus displaying anger as he drives out the money changers.

John 2:15: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

Contradiction with Matthew 15:24

Mark 6:34 illustrates Jesus' compassion for a multitude, unlike Matthew 15:24, where Jesus states his mission is only to the lost sheep of Israel.

Matthew 15:24: But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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