Now when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.
Parallel translations
- WEB When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.
- KJV And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
- BSB When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.
- NASB When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.
- NLT When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.
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Jesus enters Peter's home and finds his mother-in-law sick with a fever. It sets up another display of Christ's compassion and healing power among his own followers.
Overview
Matthew notes the ordinary, domestic setting of Peter's house, reminding us that the apostles had families and homes. Jesus does not overlook private, personal need amid his public ministry. The scene shows his readiness to bring help into the everyday lives of his people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Luke 4:38–41He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.
- Mark 1:29–34Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
- 1 Cor 9:5Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
- Matt 17:25He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”
- Heb 13:4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- 1 Tim 3:2The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
- 1 Tim 4:3forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- Matt 8:20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
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