Besides those already mentioned, the following specific miracles are found in Matthew, the details of which it is not necessary to give. These are outside of general and indefinite statements of persons cured of various afflictions. (a) The curing at Capernaum of the man sick of the palsy (Matt. IX:1-7). See Mark II:1-12, Luke V:17-26, where the sick man is let down on his bed through the roof. (b) The giving sight to two blind men, apparently at Capernaum (Matt. IX:27-31). (c) Restoring his speech to a dumb man at the same time and place (Matt. IX:32-34). (d) Curing of the man with the withered hand (Matt. XII:10-13). The place of this miracle is uncertain. (e) The case of the blind and dumb man possessed of a devil (Matt. XII:22, 23). The circumstances of this miracle are the same as in (c). (f) The walking on the waters (Matt. XIV:22-23) near the land of Gennesaret (Matt. XIV:34). See Mark VI:47-52; John VI:16-21. (g) The curing of the daughter of the Gentile woman "vexed with a devil" (Matt. XV:22-28). The place of this miracle was "the coasts of Tyre and Sidon" (Matt. XIV:21). (h) The curing of the lunatic son of a "certain man" (Matt. XVII:14-18). This occurred in some part of Galilee not specified (Matt. XVII:1, 22, 24). See also Mark IX:17-27; Luke IX:37-42. (i) The curing of the two blind men near Jericho (Matt. XX:30-34). See also Mark X:46-52; Luke XVIII:35-43. (j) The blasting of the fig tree near Bethany (Matt. XXI:18-20). See Mark XI:12-14, who explains the absence of figs on the tree--"for the time of figs was not yet."[27] THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE APOSTLES Matthew devotes an entire chapter to this subject (Matt. X). This is the first time in Matthew's narrative that the term "Apostles" is applied to the followers or disciples of Jesus (Matt. X:2). Up to this point he has mentioned specifically the calling of only five of the apostles (Matt. IV:18, 21; IX:9), although there are possible references to others (Matt. VIII:19, 21). The first injunction is that they shall not preach to the Gentiles or Samaritans, but "to the lost sheep of the house of Israel" (Matt. X:5, 6). The only instruction as to the subject-matter of their preachings is that they shall say "the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt. X:7). They are told to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils" (Matt. X:8). They are to provide no money for their expenses and carry little raiment (Matt. X:9,10). When they enter into a city, they are to seek a worthy house and abide therein, and, if a city will not receive and hear them, "It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city" (Matt. X:11-15).