by Daniel Rentfro Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. Today’s gospel reading, from Matthew, incorporates a common refrain from Mark’s Gospel: Jesus telling people not to talk about what they’ve seen or heard. In the very first chapter of Mark, for instance, Jesus cleanses a leper, then orders him not to tell anyone but to go present himself to the priests. The leper, of course, ignores him, and tells everyone that Jesus healed him. In the…
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