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18As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”
14One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”
9As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
1Jesus climbed into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.2Some people brought to him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, my child! Your sins are forgiven.”
28When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
23Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.24Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.25The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”
18When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.
14When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.15But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.
We have gone through 7 chapters of Matthew now, and I need to know what you like and dislike, or what you want more or less of. I have tried several different styles of study and I cannot tell which, if any, the majority of you like or find helpful. I greatly appreciate the feedback left by some of you. You have been so faithful and helpful. I would like …
5When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,6“Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”