3:7–12 This portion of the narrative gives an account of Jesus’ ministry to a crowd at Lake Galilee (see note) and offers one of several summaries of Jesus’ Galilean ministry (3:11–12; cf. 1:39; 4:33–34; 6:6, 56). The passage functions as a transition from the preceding collection of conflict stories (2:1–3:6) to a new section that may be thought of as extending to 6:6 (where Jesus is rejected in Nazareth) or even to 8:30 (the confession at Caesarea Philippi). The section 3:7–6:6 shows Jesus teaching (e.g., 4:1–34) and working miracles in both gentile (5:1–20) and Jewish (5:21–43) settings and concludes with his rejection by the people of Nazareth (6:1–6). This section seems designed to give further samples of Jesus’ ministry and more indication of the polarizing effects it had upon the pe…