Read: Matt. 9:18-26; Mark 5:21-43 Little girl . . . arise. (Mark 5:41) This section of Matthew recounts two intertwined miracles. In both cases Jesus is not contaminated by contact
Read: Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus passed on from there . . . he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth. (v. 9) The only thing Matthew tells
Read: Matthew 9:1-8 Take heart . . . your sins are forgiven. (v. 2) Every time we recite the Apostles’ Creed we say, “I believe in . . . the
Read: Matthew 8:28-34 What have you to do with us, O Son of God? (v. 29) C. S. Lewis described our world as enemy-occupied territory. This story in Matthew 8
Read: Matthew 8:23-27 Then he . . . rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. (v. 26) With the disciples panicking and screaming for him
Read: Matthew 8:18-20 I will follow you wherever you go. (v. 19) During his public ministry, Jesus attracted large crowds but few followers. So when a man came up to
Read: Matthew 8:14-17 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. (v. 15) In Jesus’ society, women were second-class citizens. They were not allowed to enter the inner courtyard
Read: Matthew 8:5-13 I too am a man under authority. (v. 9) It wasn’t easy to surprise Jesus. Only twice are we told in the Gospels that something astonished him.
Read: Matthew 8:1-4 And Jesus stretched out his hand . . . (v. 3) The man who approached Jesus after his Sermon on the Mount was a hopeless case. Leprosy,
