Matthew has crafted this carefully. Most scholars think that Mark has written first and that Matthew is making some kind of revision to Mark. But Matthew has a different beginning to the story. It links it to these other stories. Look at verse 23. When he was entered into a ship, his disciples did what? Followed him. So follow, follow, follow. That is the repreated refrain here. And then in verse 24, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea. There's bigger implications to this for your discipleship. This is basically about discipleship. If you're going to follow me, this is a long term ride. And it's going to be storm

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