Matthew 21:14
“The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.”
What does Matthew 21:14 mean?
Right after Jesus cleared the merchants from the temple, the people who were most excluded and forgotten came to him, and he welcomed them completely. This detail matters because the temple was supposed to be God's house for everyone, yet sick and disabled people were often kept out of important religious spaces during that time. Jesus didn't just tolerate their presence—he actively healed them there, reclaiming the temple as a place of wholeness and belonging for those society had pushed aside.