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The Touches of Jesus

The Touches of Jesus: The God Who Reached for the Untouchable

In a world of purity laws, touch was dangerous. To lay a hand on a leper, a corpse, or a bleeding woman was to become unclean. Yet again and again Jesus reaches out and touches exactly those people, and instead of His becoming unclean, they become whole. Each page below takes one touch, and asks what it means that the Holy One was not afraid to reach for the ones no one else would.

The LeperMatthew 8:3The Woman Who Touched His GarmentMark 5:27Peter's Mother-in-LawMatthew 8:15The Blind MenMatthew 9:29The Deaf and Mute ManMark 7:33Jairus's Daughter, Taken by the HandMark 5:41The Young Man at NainLuke 7:14The ChildrenMark 10:16The Disciples on the MountainMatthew 17:7The Ear of MalchusLuke 22:51
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