Who else could...

...raise the dead?



A leader said, "My daughter has just died. But if You come and lay Your hand on her, she will live again." So Jesus and His followers stood up and went with the leader. There He saw the funeral musicians and many people crying. Jesus said, "Go away. The girl is not dead, only asleep." But the people laughed at Him.

After the crowd had been thrown out of the house, Jesus went into the girl's room and took hold of her hand, and she stood up. The news about this spread all around the area.

Matthew 9:18-19, 23-26

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...walk on water?

The boat was in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on the land. He saw His followers struggling hard to row the boat, because the wind was blowing against them. Between three and six o'clock in the morning, Jesus came to them, walking on the water, and He wanted to walk past the boat. But when they saw Him walking on the water, they thought He was a ghost and cried out. They all saw Him and were afraid.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid." Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind became calm. The followers were greatly amazed.

Mark 6:47-51

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...make the deaf hear?



People brought a man to Jesus who was deaf and could not talk plainly. The people begged Jesus to put His hand on the man to heal him. Jesus led the man away from the crowd, by Himself. He put His fingers in the man's ears and then spat and touched the man's tongue. Looking up to heaven, He sighed and said to the man, "Ephphatha!" (This means, "Be opened.") Instantly the man was able to hear and to use his tongue so that he spoke clearly.

They were completely amazed and said, "Jesus does everything well. He makes the deaf hear! And those who can't talk He makes able to speak."

Mark 7:32-35, 37

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...make the blind see?

Some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch the man. So Jesus took the blind man's hand and led him out of the village. Then He spat on the man's eyes and put His hands on the man and asked, "Can you see now?" The man looked up and said, "Yes, I see people but they look like trees walking around."

Again Jesus put His hands on the man's eyes. Then the man opened his eyes wide and they were healed, and he was able to see everything clearly.

Mark 8:22-25

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...multiply food?

A follower said, "Here is a boy with five loaves of barley bread and two little fish but that is not enough for so many people." Jesus said, "Tell the people to sit down." This was a very grassy place, and about 5,000 men sat down there. Then Jesus took the loaves of bread, thanked God for them and gave them to the people who were sitting there. He did the same with the fish, giving as much as the people wanted.

When they had all had enough to eat, Jesus said to His followers, "Gather the leftover pieces of fish and bread so that nothing is wasted." So they gathered up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with the pieces left from the five barley loaves. When the people saw this miracle that Jesus did, they said, "He must truly be the Prophet who is coming into the world."

John 6:9-14

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...control evil spirits?

A man was there in the synagogue who had an evil spirit in him. He shouted, "Jesus of Nazareth! What do You want with us? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are — God's Holy One!"

Jesus commanded the evil spirit, "Be quiet! Come out of the man!" The evil spirit shook the man violently, gave a loud cry and then came out of him. The people were so amazed they asked each other, "What is happening here? This man is teaching something new, and with authority. He even gives commands to evil spirits, and they obey him."

Mark 1:23-27

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...know all about a stranger?

Jesus was tired from His long trip, so He sat down beside the well. It was about twelve o'clock noon. When a Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink." Jesus told her, "Go and get your husband and come back here." The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right to say you have no husband. Really you have had five husbands, and the man you live with now is not your husband."

The woman left her water jar and went back to town. She said to the people, "Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did." Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Jesus because of what the woman said, "He told me everything I ever did."

John 4:6-7, 16-18, 28-29, 39

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...forgive sins?

Four people came, carrying a paralysed man. Since they could not get to Jesus because of the crowd, they dug a hole in the roof right above where He was speaking. When they got through, they lowered the mat with the paralysed man on it. When Jesus saw the faith of these people, He said to the paralysed man, "Young man, your sins are forgiven."

Some of the teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, "Why does this man say things like that? He is speaking as if he were God. Only God can forgive sins."

Jesus knew immediately what these teachers of the law were thinking. So He said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to tell this paralysed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to tell him, 'Stand up. Take your mat and walk?' But I will prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins."

So Jesus said to the paralysed man, "I tell you, stand up, take your mat, and go home." Immediately the paralysed man stood up, took his mat and walked out while everyone was watching him. The people were amazed and praised God. They said, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Mark 2:3-12

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...rise from the dead?

There was a strong earthquake. An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, went to the tomb and rolled the stone away from the entrance. Then he sat on the stone. He was shining as bright as lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The soldiers guarding the tomb shook with fear because of the angel, and they became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, "Don't be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus, who has been crucified. He is not here. He has risen from the dead as He said He would. Come and see the place where His body was. And then go quickly and tell His followers, 'Jesus has risen from the dead.' "

Matthew 28:2-7

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...give us a new life?

Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, unless one is born again, he cannot be in God's kingdom. Human life comes from human parents, but spiritual life comes from the Spirit. Don't be surprised when I tell you, 'You must all be born again.' The wind blows where it wants to and you hear the sound of it, but you don't know where the wind comes from or where it is going. It is the same with every person who is born from the Spirit."

John 3:3, 6-8

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Who else could do all this? — No one but Jesus Christ!

This is how God showed His love to us: He sent His one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through Him. This is what real love is: it is not our love for God; it is God's love for us in sending His Son to be the way to take away our sins.

1 John 4:9-10

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Jesus said, "This is eternal life: that people know You, the only true God, and that they know Jesus Christ, the One You sent."

John 17:3

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