Gospel Matthew study

16 I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. (Matt 10:16-20)

Here the Lord Jesus sent his disciples out to preach the gospel, “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” To be as screwed as snakes so that you won’t get hurt, to be innocent as doves so that you won’t hurt others. The Lord Jesus told them that they would be handed over to the Sanhedrin, and they would be beaten in the synagogues, and they would be delivered before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. The Lord told them not to worry about what they were going to say when the time came, because the Holy Spirit living within would move them to say what they needed to say. Thank and praise the Lord.
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1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. 9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts— 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. 15 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Here we see that the Lord Jesus sent out twelve disciples to preach the gospel, giving them authority to heal the sick and drive out demons. Jesus first sent them to preach the gospel to the Israelites, not to the non Israelites Gentiles, the Lord Jesus wants them to preach, the kingdom of heaven is at hand, what does it mean? The kingdom of heaven is the kingdom of God, kingdome of God meas kingship of God, that is God is king of our life, Lord of our life. Lord Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is within you, in your hearts. When a person accepts God as their Lord, they receive the Holy Spirit, the presence of the Lord is with them, the kingdom of heaven is in their hearts. Jesus wants them to give peace to those who are worthy. If anyone will not welcome them or listen to their words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off their feet, what does this mean? this means having nothing to do with their impurity, they are self inflicted and their future outcome has nothing to do with them. Jesus continued, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. From the Old Testament, we know that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by God due to their great sins. Here, the Lord Jesus speaks of a town that does not receive his disciples or listen to their words. On the judgment day in the future, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. I hope that more people will accept Jesus as the Lord and Savior of their life, and accept God’s love and blessings.
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32 While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. 33 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.”
34 But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that he drives out demons.” 35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (Matthew 9:32-38)

Here we see a mute possessed by a demon. After Jesus drove the demon out, he was able to speak. Not all mute people are possessed by demons, but this mute cannot speak because he is possessed by demon. The Lord Jesus drove out the demon, and everyone was amazed, but the Pharisees said that the Lord Jesus drove out demons by the prince of demons. The Lord Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, healed the sick and cast out demons. When he saw many people, he had compassion on them, found them as sheep without a shepherd. Before we came to the Lord, we were all like lost sheep, each one walked his own way. I hope more people will turn to the Lord Jesus the Good Shepherd and let him guide you on the path of eternal life. Many people have not yet believed in the Lord, and there are only few who preach the gospel, the harvest is plantiful, but the workers are few. We should ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into the harvest.
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27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” 28 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.29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; 30 and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one knows about this.” 31 But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region. (Matthew 9:27-31)

Here we see that while the Lord Jesus was walking, two blind men called him son of David and asked him to heal them. From human perspective, Jesus is the son of David, from divine perspective, he is the Son of God, the Christ, the Messiah, and the Lord of David. When Jesus asked them if they believed that he could heal them, they said they believed, so Jesus healed them because of their faith. Here we see the importance of faith for being healed. After they were healed, the Lord Jesus told them not to tell anyone, but they spread the news throughout the region.
Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. (Mark 1:45)
Here is a case of a leper who was healed by the Lord Jesus. He asked him not to tell anyone, but he did not follow the instruction of the Lord Jesus and affected his work.The purpose of Jesus’ miracles is to make people believe in him and hope that more people will accept Jesus as the Lord and Savior.
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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. (Matthew 9:23-26)
Last time we saw that the synagogue leader pleaded with Jesus to raise her daughter from the dead. He must have known that the Lord Jesus performed many miracles, he had great faith in the Lord Jesus, because although the Lord Jesus performed many miracles, he rarely raised people from the dead. Jesus said to the people near the girl, “This girl is not dead, but asleep.” Jesus knows everything. He knows that the girl is dead, but he can resurrect her. So in his eyes, she is like sleeping, just wake her up. From the parallel passage it is known that this girl was twelve years old, and her soul returned, that is, she died, the soul left her body, then the soul returned, that is, she was resurrected. The Lord Jesus resurrected the girl from the dead and told her parents not to tell anyone, but the news still spread throughout the region. May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊

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. (Matthew 9:18-22)
Here we see that a Jewish synagogue leader came to knee the Lord Jesus because his daughter had just died and wanted the Lord Jesus to lay hands on his daughter and resurrect his daughter. The Lord Jesus went with his disciples. on the way a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I just touch his cloak, I will be healed.” and she was healed after touching.
She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. (Mark 5:26)
From the parallel passage in the Gospel of Mark, we know that she saw many doctors and spent all her money, but she did not get better and became worse. However, she had faith in the Lord Jesus and believed that she could be healed just by touching the edge of his cloak. The Lord Jesus said: “Take heart, daughter, your faith has healed you.” Because of her faith, she was not only healed but also saved.
When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. (Leviticus 15:25)
According to the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament, this woman with bleeding was unclean, but she was healed, saved, and cleansed by touching the the edge of Jesus’ cloak.
I hope more people will come to the Lord Jesus and accept Him as the Lord and Savior of your life, so that you can be born again and be saved.
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¹⁴ Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” ¹⁵ Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. ¹⁶ “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. ¹⁷ Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” (Matthew 9:9-13)

Here we see that the disciples of John the Baptist asked the Lord Jesus why they and the Pharisees often fasted, but His disciples did not fast. The Lord Jesus answered and said: “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins.” What does it mean? Fasting is like a new cloth, garment and wineskins represent life. no one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. This means that the Lord Jesus did not come to repair or improve the old life, but to bring people new life.  New wine represents the Holy Spirit, and pouring new wine into new wineskins means filling the new man, not the old man with the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17)
When a person believes in the Lord, is baptized, is born again and saved, he receives the Holy Spirit, he becomes a new person, a new creation, living a new life, like pouring new wine into a new wineskin.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10)
The Lord Jesus came so that the sheep, his disciples may have life, abundant life, life filled with the Holy Spirit, a new life with the Lord’s presence.
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⁹ As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. ¹⁰ While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. ¹¹ When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” ¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” (Matthew 9:9-13)

This passage talks about the Lord Jesus calling Matthew, who was a tax collector. At that time, the tax collectors were Jews who collected taxes for the Roman government. The Jews called them traitors. They often collected more taxes and put them into their own pockets, so the Jews didn’t like them. Matthew prepared a banquet for the Lord Jesus at his house, and also invited other tax collectors and sinners. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked the disciples of the Lord Jesus, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When the Lord Jesus heard this, he said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” The Lord Jesus is a spiritual doctor. Those who are sick and have sins come to Him and confess their sins and repent, and He will heal them, show mercy to them, and forgive them. He loves mercy, not sacrifice. He has mercy on sinners. He came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance, He also wants us to have mercy on sinners. If we have mercy on others, God will have mercy on us.
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1 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. ² Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” ³ At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!” ⁴ Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? ⁵ Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? ⁶ But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your mat and go home.” ⁷ Then the man got up and went home. ⁸ When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man. (Matthew 9:1-8)

Here it says that the Lord Jesus went to his own town, from the parallel passage, we know that He went to Capernaum, which was a town in Galilee. Someone brought to Jesus a paralyzed man on a mat. The following parallel passages tells us how they carried the paralyzed man to Jesus.
³ Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. ⁴ Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. (Mark 2:3-4)
When the Lord Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven!” Several scribes thought in their hearts: “This man is blaspheming,” they thought that only God could forgive sins. They did not know that Jesus was not only the Son of Man but also the Son of God, and He had the authority to forgive sins. Moreover, Jesus knew everything and knew their thoughts. Jesus asked: “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?” Neither is easy for men, but for Jesus, both are easy, and he has the authority to forgive sins and the authority to heal. When the paralytic was healed, his sins were also forgiven.
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²⁸ When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. ²⁹ “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”³⁰ Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. ³¹ The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” ³² He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. ³³ Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. ³⁴ Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region. (Matthew 8:28-34)

Last time we saw that the Lord Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, now He came to the other side of the sea, two demon-possessed men met him. In the parallel passage only mentioned one demon-possessed man. The demon here is the evil spirit, they recognized the Lord Jesus and knew that He was the Son of God.
And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss. (Luke 8:31)
This parallel passage tells us that the demons were afraid of going to the abyss, so they asked the Lord Jesus to let them enter the herd of pigs.
He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. (Mark 5:13)
After the demons were driven out of the man by the Lord Jesus, they entered the pigs, and the pigs were thrown into the sea and drowned. The number of the pigs was about two thousand. the parallel passage also tells us that the name of the demons is called Legion, because there were many. Here we see that many demons can possess one person at the same time.
and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. (Luke 8:35)
After the demon, the evil spirits were driven out of the man, the man was his right mind, and everyone was very afraid and asked Jesus to leave there.
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²³ Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. ²⁴ Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. ²⁵ The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” ²⁶ He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. ²⁷ The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” (Matthew 8:23-27)
Here the Lord Jesus told the disciples to cross the sea or the lake in a boat, the sea here was the sea of Galilee. Suddenly there was a storm. The parallel passage Luke 8:23 says that the boat was about to be filled with water, but the Lord Jesus fell asleep. The disciples were very afraid and woke the Lord Jesus up. The Lord Jesus rebuked the wind and the sea, and the wind and sea became calm right away. Here we see the humanity and divinity of the Lord Jesus. As a human being, he needed sleep, but as God, with just one word, the wind and sea got calm down. Not only can the Lord Jesus calm the storm of the sea, He can also calm the storms in our lives.
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18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” 21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” (Matthew 8:18-22)
Here we see that a scribe, a teacher of the law, came to the Lord Jesus and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” The Lord Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” The Lord Jesus knows everything, he preached everywhere and had no fixed residence, he knew that this scribe could not take this hardship. The Lord Jesus called another disciple to follow him, he said: “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” The Lord Jesus said: “let the dead bury their own dead.” If a person doesn’t have spiritual life, doesn’t have a new life, he is like a dead man in the eyes of the Lord. The Lord Jesus said that let the dead bury their own dead and asked him to preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.
61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:61-62)
This parallel passage says that another disciple wanted to follow the Lord but wanted to say goodbye to his family first. The Lord Jesus said: “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” The Lord asked him to concentrate on plowing the field and not look back. If he looked back, the plow would not be straight. The Lord wanted him to follow Him wholeheartedly and preach the Kingdom of God without being distracted.
May God bless you and your family.