2025 Study of Matthew’s Gospel #10

YOUR FAITH HAS HEALED YOU

Matthew 9:14-26

Key Verse 9:22

1. What deeper meaning of fasting do you find in Jesus’ response to John’s disciples (14-15)? Why do you think Jesus used the metaphor of new wine and new wineskins in this context (16-17)? What does this passage teach us about how disciples of Jesus should follow him?
2. What can we learn about the synagogue leader from his actions and words (18-19)? How might the woman’s twelve-year struggle with bleeding have affected her physically, emotionally, and socially (20a)? What kind of faith did this woman demonstrate (20b-21)?
3. In what way did Jesus respond to and bless the woman’s faith (22)? What did Jesus say to the people mourning at the synagogue leader’s house, and why do you think they laughed at him (23-24)? How did Jesus raise the synagogue leader’s daughter (25-26)?
4. How is Jesus’ authority and compassion demonstrated in this passage? In what situation do you need to trust in Jesus’ restoring power today?