And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Parallel translations
- WEB He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.
- KJV And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
- NKJV He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
- NASB And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing.
- NLT Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
He sends the Twelve to preach God's Kingdom and to heal the sick. Word and deed together announce the Kingdom.
Overview
Jesus sends the apostles with a twofold task: proclaiming the Kingdom and healing. The healings authenticate and embody the message they preach. Their mission shows that the Kingdom comes through the spoken Gospel accompanied by signs of God's restoring power.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Matt 10:7–8As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
- Luke 10:9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
- Matt 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matt 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
- Luke 9:11But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
- Matt 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- Mark 6:12So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
- Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
- Luke 10:11‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
- Luke 16:16The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
- Mark 1:14–15After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
- Luke 10:1After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
- Heb 2:3–4how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Luke shows Jesus the Savior for all — outsiders, the poor, the nations — the one who, on the Emmaus road, opened all the Scriptures to show they were about himself.
How Luke 9:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.