The
Lost Sheep
Matthew 8:14; 9:9-13;
10:5-8
Leper 8:1-4
-He kneeled
before Jesus.
-Show
yourself to the priest.
-... as
a testimony ... (Jesus’ testimony)
-... to
them .... (to the priests)
Matthew the tax person 9:9-13
-Follow
me and he followed.
-Jesus ate
with him and sinners.
-The Pharisees
complained.
-The sick
need doctor, not the healthy.
-I (Jesus) came
to call sinners, not the righteous.
-Learn
mercy not sacrifice – Jesus sacrificed so we can show mercy!
The 12 are sent to the lost sheep 10:5-8
-Go not
to the gentiles, nor to the Samaritans.
-Go to the
lost sheep of Israel.
-Heal
the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, and cast out demons.
-Freely
you received, freely give.
Note some parallels among the
three stories:
1. The leper is unclean,
the tax person is sick=sinner, the sheep are lost.
2. Jesus comes near by
touching the leper, calling and eating with the tax person, and
ministering and preaching to the lost that the kingdom is near.
3. Jesus and his workers
cleansed, showed mercy and gave freely.
