Matthew 9: Great Harvest with Few Laborers
How quickly might people have learned about Jesus’ arrival at Capernaum? By what means did the news travel?
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Why do you think Matthew didn’t tell the unique way the paralyzed man reached Jesus, but Mark and Luke did?
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Why did the teachers of the Law think Jesus had committed blasphemy?
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How did Jesus prove his authority to forgive sin?
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Which was the greater healing, the man’s sins or his paralysis? Why? Which do you think most impressed the crowd?
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What kind of history must have existed for Matthew to abandon a lucrative business and follow Jesus?
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Who was on Matthew’s party invitation list? How were the Pharisees aware of his activities?
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For what reasons do people fast? Why did the disciples not fast now but would, later?
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Why did the Pharisees take issue with Jesus’ disciples not fasting?
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What points might Jesus have been making with the analogies of patching garments and using wineskins?
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Why did an official think his dead daughter would live if Jesus touched her? How could Matthew say she was dead, when Mark and Luke say she was dying?
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How might the official have felt when Jesus agreed to see his daughter?
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With chronic bleeding for twelve years, what caused the woman to believe she would be healed by only touching the hem of Jesus’ garment?
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At the time the woman was healed, Jesus had never touched her or said anything to her. Why was she healed? What were the disciples thinking?
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Why were the mourners at the official’s house told not to cry?
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Why did Jesus send the people outside before he healed the girl?
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If the people weren’t there to see the miracle, why did the story spread throughout the area?
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How might the two blind men have learned about Jesus? How did they recognize him and know how to reach him?
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Why did Jesus tell the men healed of blindness not to tell anyone? Why did they disobey?
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What did Jesus do to cast the evil spirit out of the man? Why were the people surprised?
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What motivated the Pharisees to give Satan credit for Jesus’ work?
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When Jesus preached the “good news of the Kingdom,” what were the main points of his message?
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Which was more important, the message or the miracles? Why?
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Why did Jesus ask his followers to pray for workers in the harvest?