The Touch of Jesus     

What kind of people did Jesus associate with? Whom did he consider important enough to touch? Here we see many of the people Jesus came to know. Some reached out to Him; He reached out to them all. Regardless of how great or unknown, rich or poor, young or old, sinner or saint—Jesus cares equally for all. Not person is beyond the loving touch of Jesus.

Jesus talked with …

Reference

A despised tax collector

Matthew 9:9

An insane hermit

Mark 5:1-15

The Roman governor

Mark 15:1-15

A young boy

Mark 9:17-27

A prominent religious leader

John 3:1-21

A homemaker

Luke 10:38-42

An expert in religious law

Matthew 22:35

A criminal

Luke 23:40-43

A synagogue leader

Mark 5:22

Fishermen

Matthew 4:18-20

A king

Luke 23:7-11

A poor widow

Luke 7:11-17; 21:1-4

A Roman captain

Luke 7:1-10

A group of children

Mark 10:13-16

A prophet

Matthew 3

An adulterous woman

John 8:1-11

The Jewish high council

Luke 22:66-71

A sick woman

Mark 5:25-34

A rich man

Mark 10:17-23

A blind beggar

Mark 10:46

Jewish political leaders

Mark 12:13

A group of women

Luke 8:2, 3

The high priest

Matthew 26:62-68

An outcast with leprosy

Luke 17:11-19

A government official

John 4:46-53

A young girl

Mark 5:41-42

A traitor

John 13:1-3, 27

A helpless and paralyzed man

Mark 2:1-12

An angry mob of soldiers and guards

John 18:3-9

A woman from a foreign land

Mark 7:25-30

A doubting follower

John 20:24-29

An enemy who hated him

Acts 9:1-9

A Samaritan woman

John 4:1-26