And the whole city was gathered around the door. -- Mark 1:33

Jesus was mobbed by the crowds. Because he taught with authority and healed those possessed of an unclean or evil spirit, the crowds sought him out. Everyone with an ailment joined the demanding and pressing mob of people. The text tells us that the entire city was at his doorstep. The crowds came with their brokenness and said, "Fix me." People who were sick, hopeless, and desperate came to him because he offered a glimmer of hope in a hopeless and dismal world.

The demanding crowds came because they wanted something. They did not come to capture a new vision for life. They did not come to seek the kingdom of God. They came for one reason, the reason that most crowds come: to get something. They came because he had what they …