Now while the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He was laying His hands on each one of them and healing them.
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- WEB When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- KJV Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- BSB At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
- NKJV When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.
- NLT As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one.
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At sunset crowds bring all their sick, and Jesus heals each one by laying hands on them. His compassion and power reach everyone who comes.
Overview
As the Sabbath ends at sundown, people bring their many sick to Jesus, and He heals them all individually. His personal touch on each one shows tender compassion alongside divine power. The mass healings fulfill His mission to bind up the broken and reveal the kingdom's restoring grace.
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Cross-references · 12
- Matt 8:16–17When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
- Mark 1:32–34At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
- Mark 5:23and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”
- Mark 3:10For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
- Matt 14:13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
- Acts 5:15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Acts 19:12so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.
- Luke 7:21–23In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
- Matt 11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Matt 4:23–24Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Mark 6:55–56and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
- Mark 6:5He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.
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