Mark 6:55

And ran about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

As Cranfield noted, "This is a summary statement,"[35] and includes events at a number of places, as indicated by the words, "where they heard he was."

The reaction of the people is what one should have expected. With a chance to be healed free of any charge, the throngs pressed upon Jesus to procure every possible benefit for the majority, the spiritual healing available in Christ was not so avidly desired. As Barclay put it:

They came - to put it bluntly - to use him. What a difference it would have made had there been some few who came to give and not to get. In a way it is natural for us to come to Jesus to get things from him, for there are so many things he alone can give but it is always shameful to take everything and give nothing.[36]

[35] C. E. B. Cranfield, op. cit., p. 229.

[36] William Barclay, op. cit., p. 164.