<p>6:5<em> And there he could not do his mighty work, except that he laid his hands upon a few sick people and healed them</em>-He could not do a mighty work in Nazareth because of their unbelief- as if He would have done a mighty miracle greater than the few healings He did perform there, but that possibility was discounted by their lack of faith (Mk. 6:5,6). Although the Lord at times healed people who had no faith (e.g. the blind man who didn&rsquo;t even know who the Son of God was), yet it seems that the Lord in this context wanted to see faith before healing people. Thus we see His sensitivity in operating in a different way with different people. Sometimes He does things for people&nbsp;<em>in order that</em>&nbsp;they might come to faith; in other contexts, He will only do things for people if they first have faith. It would seem therefore that He expected faith from His family and neighbours, seeing that they knew Him. Mk. 6:6 adds the comment that the Lord was &ldquo;amazed&rdquo; at their unbelief- the only time we hear of Him being &lsquo;amazed&rsquo;. Yet given His penetrating psychological insight into people, surely He could have guessed at the response in Nazareth? His amazement would therefore seem to be a reflection of His supreme&nbsp;<em>hopefulness</em>&nbsp;for people- a characteristic which makes the Lord so altogether lovely and such a powerful example to us.</p>