Today's Bible Passage is "Matthew
9:18-34"
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Matthew 9:18-34
While he
was saying this, a ruler came and knelt before him and said, “My
daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will
live.” Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his
disciples.
Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years
came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. She
said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be
healed.” Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart,
daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And
the woman was healed from that moment.
When Jesus entered the ruler’s
house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, he said,
“Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they
laughed at him. After the crowd had been put outside, he
went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News
of this spread through all that region.
As Jesus went on from there, two blind
men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of
David!” When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and
he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched
their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to
you”; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly,
“See that no one knows about this.” But they went out
and spread the news about him all over that region.
While they were going out, a man who
was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. And
when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The
crowd was amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen
in Israel.” But the Pharisees said, “It is by
the prince of demons that he drives out demons.”
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