Several important events are recorded in this chapter

• The healing of a man who could not walk

• The calling of Matthew (also called Levi, as noted in Mark 214 and Luke 527)

• Jesus eating with sinners and tax collectors

• Teaching about fasting and the meaning of the new covenant

• The raising of Jairus’ daughter from the dead

• The healing of a woman who had been suffering for twelve years

• The healing of two blind men

• The freeing of a man who could not speak because of a demon

• Jesus showing compassion to the crowds and calling for workers in God’s harvest