He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
- BSB And He sent them out to proclaim 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.
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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, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
- Luke 10:9Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’
- Matt 3:2“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
- Matt 24:14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
- Luke 9:11But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of God’s Kingdom, and he cured those who needed healing.
- Matt 13:19When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
- Mark 6:12They went out and preached that people should repent.
- Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
- Luke 10:11‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’
- Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
- Mark 1:14–15Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
- Luke 10:1Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.
- Heb 2:3–4how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation — which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
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