Mark 5:1-2 (ESV)
They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.
Notice in this section the type of people Jesus meets. In the above passage we see him meet a man full of demons. Note some others just in these two chapters of Mark:
Mark 5:21-22 (ESV)
And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet
Mark 5:24-25 (ESV)
And he went with him.
And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
Mark 6:1-2 (ESV)
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands?
Mark 6:33-34 (ESV)
Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Jesus rejects no one. He has compassion on all men. No matter their thoughts toward Him, He still shows them compassion and wants to heal them of their physical alignments and their spiritual separation from His Father. This is the very definition of unconditional love.
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