Charles Spurgeon

She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”

“THE woman in the narrative was fully persuaded that if she did but touch our Lord's garment, she would be made whole. What she had heard and seen concerning Jesus made her sure of His superabundant power to heal the sick.”

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

“[On this occasion the Members of the regular Congregation left their seats to strangers.) IN OUR own streets we meet, here and there, with a blind beggar, but they swarm in Eastern cities.”

After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.

“[Other Sermons by Mr. Spurgeon upon verses 27 to 30, are #1355, Volumen 23—OUR LORD'S QUESTION TO THE BLIND MEN and #1560, Volume 26— THE PLAIN MAN'S PATHWAY TO PEACE.]”

As they were leaving, a demon-possessed man who was mute was brought to Jesus. And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak.

“As we read the chapter we noticed the rapidity with which the cures worked by the Savior followed each other, how much of mercy was compressed into a short space of time.”

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

“THIS is said of Christ Jesus several times in the New Testament. The original word is a very remarkable one. It is not found in classic Greek. It is not found in the Septuagint.”

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”

“THE circumstances under which our Lord uttered these words are instructive. He saw the people thronging Him whenever He stood up to preach and He perceived that the regular instructors of the people, those who thought that they were commissioned to teach the nation, were…”

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

“WELL may the text begin with a, "Behold," for it contains some special wonders such as can be seen nowhere else.”

Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

“THE connection of the passage assists us in feeling its force. John had sent his disciples to ask the Master whether He was, indeed, the Messiah.”

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

“MANY A TRUE WORD is spoken in jest, and many a tribute to virtue has been unwittingly paid by the sinister lips of malice.”

At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little…

“THAT is a singular way with which to commence a verse—"At that time Jesus answered." If you will look at the context you will not perceive that anybody had asked Him a question, or that He was indeed in conversation with any human being.”

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

“[The Tabernacle was on this night thrown open to strangers, all the regular congregation kindly vacating their seats.]”

Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

“WHEN THE REGULAR CONGREGATION LEFT THEIR SEATS TO BE OCCUPIED BY STRANGERS. ONE is struck with the personality of this text.”

For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

“OBSERVE dear Friends, that our Lord Jesus Christ does lay a yoke and a burden upon His followers. He uses those words that none may presume to enter His service without due consideration. Religion is not a matter for trifling.”

Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

“THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES were great readers of the law. They studied the sacred books continually, poring over each word and letter.”

But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

“OUR LORD INTENDED, of course, to assert that he himself was greater than the temple, but he used the most modest form of putting it.”

and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

“NOTE well the expression. Jesus "went into their synagogue and, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered." A mark is set, as it were, in the margin, as if it were a notable fact.”

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of…

“OUR Savior, in this chapter, administered a rebuke to two sorts of people. He reproved those who hear the Gospel, but who are not brought to humiliation and repentance.”

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of…

“WE cannot tell exactly who the Queen of the South was, nor exactly where Sheba lay. The expression used is Yemen, the south.”

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

“ON another occasion I hope to preach from the words, "because they had no root," but, at this time, my subject is, "They sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth."”

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

“Two great general principles are conspicuous in the Gospel. The first is that God gives of His Grace to the empty— "He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty."”

Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the…

“In gathering in the wheat, good angels will be employed—"the angels are the reapers." This casts special scorn upon the great evil angel.”

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

“A MERCHANT endeavors to trade so as to make a profit. Whether he deals in pearls or in grain, he does not hope to obtain riches by labor. He leaves that to those who eat their bread in the sweat of their face.”

Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

“THIS is a question which might often be asked of us when we have been reading the Scriptures, when we have been attending upon the public means of Grace, or when we have been partaking of the Lord's Supper—"Have you understood all these things?"”

“They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

“OF course the Master was right, but He appeared to speak unreasonably. It seemed self-evident that the people very much needed to depart. They had been all day long hearing the Preacher.”

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.

“SOME of the richest comforts are lost to us for want of clear perception. What consolation could be greater to the tempest-tossed disciples than to know their Master was present, and to see Him manifestly revealed as Lord of sea as well as land?”