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Jesus Healing of The Man With The Witherd Hand
Jesus uses the healing of the man with the withered hand to point out that the Sabbath was not just a time not to work. The Pharisees watched Jesus like a cat watches a mouse hole. They stood ready to pounce on Him for every little thing that violated their legalistic beliefs. Th …

Crowds Come to See Jesus Performing Miracles
The news of Jesus performing miracles is spreading rapidly. The more He healed the more the crowds increased. People were coming from all over Palestine and even the lands beyond. The reason so many were flocking to the Lord is clear: Their curiosity had gotten the best of them a …

Jesus Delegates Responsibilities to His Disciples
Jesus decided to ask some of his disciples to go up on a mountain with Him and it was there that He chose 12 of his Apostles to go out with Him and preach (vv. 13-14). They were Simon Peter, James son of Zebedee, John, Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Al …

Jesus Faces Opposition From Both Friend And Foe
In the midst of a very busy schedule, we find Jesus facing opposition from both friend and foe. News had reached His relatives in Nazareth (twenty-five miles away) that Jesus was out of His mind and doing crazy things so they came to try to talk some sense into Him. His own brothers …

Jesus’ Family Come to Take Him Home
What are the conditions of a true family? Sometimes a person is closer to someone who is no blood relation to him than to those of his immediate family. The reason Jesus’ mother and brothers have come is to take Him quietly back home to Nazareth was that they thought He had …