Jesus' MiraclesSample

Does Jesus Heal People Today?

Jesus began His public ministry by reading from Isaiah 61.

He declared that the power of God the Holy Spirit would do His entire ministry. Luke, a doctor, also tells us in 4:23 that Jesus Christ is also a healing “Physician.”

To begin with, Jesus was healed. He suffered and died on the cross and then rose to conquer sin, sickness, and death. When Jesus rose from death, some dead people also rose as a foreshadowing of the healing power of God’s Kingdom. Jesus also healed others. Roughly 27 times in the Gospels, we see Jesus heal an individual. Roughly 10 times, we see Jesus heal entire groups of people. (Matthew 4:23-25, 8:16, 12:15, 14:14,34-36, 19:2, 21:14; Luke 6:17-19) Jesus also performed other verified healings not recorded in the Bible. (John 20:30)

Simply stated, miraculous healing is part of ministry, as the following list of Jesus’ healing miracles reveals:

1. Jesus heals a nobleman’s son (John 4:46-54)
2. Jesus heals Peter’s mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14–17; Mark 1:29–31; Luke 4:38-39)
3. Jesus heals a leper (Matthew 8:2–4; Mark 1:40–45; Luke 5:12–16)
4. Jesus heals a paralytic via the roof (Matthew 9:1–8; Mark 2:1–12; Luke 5:17–26)
5. Jesus heals a cripple by a pool (John 5:1-16)
6. Jesus heals a withered hand (Matthew 12:9–14; Mark 3:1–6; Luke 6:6–11)
7. Jesus heals a centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5–13; Luke 7:1–10)
8. Jesus heals a bleeding woman (Matthew 9:20–22; Mark 5:25–34; Luke 8:43–48
9. Jesus heals two blind men (Matthew 9:27–31)
10. Jesus heals the deaf and mute (Mark 7:31–37)
11. Jesus heals a blind man (Mark 8:22–26)
12. Jesus heals a man born blind (John 9:1-38)
13. Jesus heals a stooped woman (Luke 13:10–17)
14. Jesus heals a man with dropsy (Luke 14:1–6)
15. Jesus heals ten lepers (Luke 17:11–19)
16. Jesus heals blind Bartimaeus (Matthew 20:29–34; Mark 10:46–52; Luke 18:35–43)
17. Jesus heals Malchus’ ear (Luke 22:49–51)

Choose one or two of the miracles listed above and read it. Make note of anything that stands out to you.