His enemies requested for a dialogue session. We are told:

Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates. So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message asking me to meet them at one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But I realized they were plotting to harm me (1-2).

亲爱的弟兄姐妹、亲爱的慕道朋友，大家好，我是施玮。今天我要和大家分享马太福音第8章。第8章中讲了几个神迹，今天我们分享前面1-13节的两个神迹。

第一个神迹是讲医治麻风病人。

【太 8:1-4】

1耶稣下了山，有许多人跟着他。2有一个长大麻风的来拜他，说：“主若肯，必能叫我洁净了。”3耶稣伸手摸他，说：“我肯，你洁净了吧！”他的大麻风立刻就洁净了。4耶稣对他说：“你切不可告诉人，只要去把身体给祭司察看，献上摩西所吩咐的礼物，对众人做证据。”

这几节经文里面，讲到一个长大麻风的病人来拜耶稣。这也让我们看到，当人有需要来向神求的时候的态度。