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`And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every
sickness and every disease among the people' (Matt. 9:35).
`And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and He healed their sick' (Matt. 14:14).
`And when the men of that place had knowledge of Him, they sent out into
all that country round about, and brought unto Him all that were
diseased; and besought Him that they might only touch the hem of His
garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole' (Matt.
14:35,36).
`And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them those that were
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus'
feet; and He healed them: insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they
saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the
blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel' (Matt. 15:30,31).
`And great multitudes followed Him; and He healed them there' (Matt.
19:2).
In addition to these collective healings there are a number of cases
where the disease that was healed is specified. We give the order of their
occurrence in the gospel of Matthew:
Leper cleansed. `Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him, saying, I
will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed ... shew
thyself to the priest' (Matt. 8:3 -4).
Palsy healed. `Speak the word only ... and his servant was healed in the
selfsame hour' (Matt. 8:8 -13).
Fever cured. `He touched her hand, and the fever left her' (Matt. 8:15).
Dead. `My daughter is even now dead ... the maid is not dead, but
sleepeth ... He ... took her by the hand, and the maid arose' (Matt. 9:18
-26).
Issue of blood. `An issue of blood twelve years ... If I may but touch
His garment ... the woman was made whole from that hour' (Matt. 9:20 -
22).
Blind. `Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be
it unto you. And their eyes were opened' (Matt. 9:29,30).
Dumb and possessed of a demon. `The devil was cast out, the dumb spake'
(Matt. 9:32,33).
Withered hand. `It was restored whole, like as the other' (Matt. 12:13).
Lunatic. `Jesus rebuked the demon; and he departed out of him: and
the child was cured from that very hour' (Matt. 17:18).
This list can be augmented from the other gospels, and reaches its zenith
in the raising of Lazarus from the dead after being buried for four days. Each
one of the cures reported in the above list was a recognized disease, there was
nothing vague about them, and in most instances were beyond the power of human
skill. In addition we must include the command given to the twelve when they
were sent out to preach the gospel of the kingdom.
`As ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the
sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons' (Matt.
10:7,8).
These healings are interspersed with references to Israel (Matt. 8:10; 9:33;
10:6; 15:24 and 31).