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MatT 9:18-26
18 While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” 19 Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
20 Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. 21 She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.”
22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
23 When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and people playing pipes, 24 he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. 25 After the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. 26 News of this spread through all that region.
bitesize study
- In what ways were the girl and the woman in this passage apart from their community?
- How does Jesus restore each of them? (Look at what he does and how he does it)
- In what ways does this passage (with its clear emphasis on Jesus’ authority over uncleanness and death – and his desire to restore people to community) point us to his work on the cross? And how can the passage spur us on, as a group, to be real community to each other this week?
This week’s podcast is Ep 7: We are family
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