Mat 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.
Mat 17:16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.”
Mat 17:17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”
Mat 17:18 And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly.
Mat 17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Mat 17:20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.”
Mat 17:21
| 5342 [e] pherete φέρετέ Bring V-PMA-2P |
| 1473 [e] moi μοι to me PPro-D1S |
| 846 [e] auton αὐτὸν him PPro-AM3S |
| 5602 [e] hōde ὧδε . here Adv |
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What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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What does this quote say?
What does it say that I should obey?
What is the wish? What are the outcomes?
What are the basic steps?
What are the obstacles?
Who needs to hear this?
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What are the commands of Jesus Christ which we need to obey? In disciple-making, Jesus commanded the following in Matthew 28:20: “teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…” What are the commands that we are to follow and teach others as identified by Jesus’ use of the imperative mood in the Greek?
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