Thematic Bible: Faith in, great


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And the Pharisees and scribes grumbled, and said, "This man welcomes irreligious people, and even eats with them!"


And the Pharisees observed it, and they said to his disciples, "Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

But the Pharisees saw it and said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing something which it is against the Law to do on the Sabbath!"

"Why do your disciples break the rules handed down by our ancestors? For they eat their bread without first washing their hands."

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to purify them.

And when they saw this, everyone complained, and said, "He has gone to stay with an irreligious man!"

The Jews complained of him for saying, "I am the bread that has come out of heaven,"




and they begged him to let them touch just the tassel of his cloak, and all who touched it were cured.


When Jesus heard this he was astonished, and said to his followers, "I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such faith as this.


When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir."


Just as he said this to them, an official came up and bowing low before him said to him, "My daughter has just died. But come! Lay your hand on her and she will come to life!"


And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"


for she said, "If I can only touch his clothes, I shall get well."