Matthew 8

Jesus said this right after praising the faith of an army officer who was not Jewish. Many people in that day believed God’s great feast in His kingdom was only for those born into Israel. Jesus said the opposite. People…

An army officer who was not Jewish had just told Jesus that a word from Him was enough to heal his servant from a distance. Jesus was amazed. He told the crowd that He had not found anyone in Israel…

The centurion was explaining why he believed Jesus could heal his servant with just a word. As an army officer, he gave orders and his soldiers carried them out, even when he was not standing next to them. The officer…

A centurion was an army officer, and this one was not Jewish. Jesus had just offered to come to his house and heal his servant. The Jewish leaders in town had already told Jesus that this man deserved help, because…

An army officer, called a centurion, had just told Jesus that his servant was paralyzed and in terrible pain. The officer was not Jewish, and in that time many devout Jews would not enter the home of someone who was…

A centurion was an army officer in charge of about a hundred soldiers. This one was not Jewish, and in that world many people treated servants like property. But this officer valued his servant highly (Luke 7:2). The servant was…

Jesus had just healed a man with leprosy. God’s law, given through Moses, said that a person healed of leprosy had to show himself to a priest, who would examine him, and then go through the cleansing and offerings Moses…

A man with leprosy had just said to Jesus, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus answered him with the man’s own words: “I am willing; be made clean.” The man was healed on the spot….

In Bible times, leprosy was a serious skin disease that made a person “unclean” under God’s law. That meant a leper could not live at home or worship with God’s people, and had to warn others away by calling out,…

Jesus has just finished the Sermon on the Mount, His long teaching in Matthew chapters 5 through 7. Matthew tells us that large crowds kept following Him, which means they walked along with Him wherever He went. Matthew uses that…