The people that were in front, leading the group, criticized the blind man. They told him not to speak. But the blind man shouted more and more, “Son of David, please help me!”
Jesus answered, “Why are you afraid? You don’t have enough faith.” Then Jesus stood and gave a command to the wind and the waves. The wind stopped, and the lake became very calm.
“It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too.”
Some people brought their small children to Jesus so that Jesus could touch them. But when the followers saw this, they told the people not to do this.
While Jesus was still speaking, a person came from the house of the synagogue {\cf2\super [156]} leader (Jairus) and said, “Your daughter has died! Don’t bother the teacher (Jesus) now.”