Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Parallel translations
- WEB Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
- BSB Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
- NKJV Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
- NASB Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
- NLT Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, and cast out demons. Give as freely as you have received!
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Quick answer
Jesus commands the disciples to heal, cleanse, raise the dead, cast out demons, and give freely. Their works confirm the message, offered without charge as grace received.
Overview
The apostles are to perform the same kingdom works as Jesus, authenticating their proclamation through acts of mercy and power. The charge 'freely you received, freely give' grounds their ministry in grace, forbidding profiteering from God's gifts. It models the gospel principle that what God gives without cost his servants must share freely.
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- Acts 3:6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
- Luke 10:9And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
- Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
- Matt 10:1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
- Acts 20:33–35I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel.
- Mark 16:18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- 2 Kgs 5:15–16And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
- Acts 8:18–23And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
- Acts 5:12–15And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
- Acts 4:9–10If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
- 2 Kgs 5:20–27But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
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