Matthew 8:22
Yesterday a man asked Jesus to let him go and bury his father before he followed Him. This is Jesus’ answer. Dead people cannot bury anyone, so Jesus is using the word “dead” in two ways. The Bible says that…
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Matthew 8:21
Jesus was about to cross the Sea of Galilee by boat, and two men spoke to Him before He left. The first, a scribe, promised to follow Him anywhere. This second man is called a disciple, which means a learner…
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Matthew 8:20
A scribe, an expert in God’s law, had just promised to follow Jesus anywhere. Jesus did not say yes or no. Jesus told the scribe what following Him would cost. Following Jesus is not the comfortable life some people expect….
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Matthew 8:19
A scribe was an expert in the Old Testament law, the kind of person others came to for teaching. This scribe came to Jesus and promised to follow Him anywhere. The scribe called Jesus “Teacher,” and Jesus is a teacher….
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Matthew 8:18
By this point a large crowd had gathered around Jesus, after people had seen Him heal the sick. Jesus looked at the crowd and gave the order to cross the Sea of Galilee, the large lake near the town of…
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Matthew 8:17
Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, the prophet Isaiah wrote about a Servant of God who would carry our sicknesses (Isaiah 53:4). Matthew says that when Jesus healed the sick in Capernaum, He was doing what Isaiah said the…
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Matthew 8:16
The day Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law was a Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest. The Sabbath ended at sundown, and that is most likely why people waited until evening to bring their sick friends and family to Jesus (Mark 1:21,…
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Matthew 8:15
Peter was one of Jesus’ first followers, and his wife’s mother was in bed with a fever when Jesus came to their house in Capernaum. Jesus touched her hand, and the fever left her at once. Peter’s mother-in-law did not…
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Matthew 8:14
Peter was one of Jesus’ first followers, and he lived in the town of Capernaum with his family. When Jesus came into the house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law in bed with a fever, sick enough that she could not get…
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Matthew 8:13
The army officer had told Jesus that if He would just say the word, his servant would be healed. Jesus spoke, and the servant was healed at that very moment, even though Jesus never went to the house. When Jesus…