32Right after that, as the blind men were leaving, a man who had been struck speechless by an evil spirit was brought to Jesus.
33As soon as Jesus threw the evil tormenting spirit out, the man talked away just as if he''d been talking all his life. The people were up on their feet applauding: "There''s never been anything like this in Israel!"
Matthew 9 is a dense display of Jesus’ authority and mercy, unfolding through a series of encounters that challenge religious assumptions. Jesus forgives a paralytic’s sins, calls a tax collector to follow him, answers questions about fasting, raises a dead girl, heals a bleeding
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