Matthew constantly tells how many people Jesus healed. I can think of two reasons for this although there's definitely others as well:
1) He's helping us understand the role of the Savior to heal all people of all things both in his life on earth and after it.
2) He's showing that all who come unto Him will be healed, while at the same time those who do not come unto Him do not receive those blessings.
Look at all these verses mentioning healing multitudes of people, all from only Matthew:
23 ¶And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
16 ¶When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, andhealed all that were sick:
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Matthew 14:14
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
Matthew 15:30
30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
Matthew 19:2
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
Matthew 21:14
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
Note Matthew 13 - those who do not come to him are unable to see and understand and be healed. May we always come to Him, every day.
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