When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.
Parallel translations
- WEB When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
- KJV When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
- NKJV When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick,
- NASB Now when evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.
- NLT That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick.
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Quick answer
That evening many demon-possessed and sick people are brought to Jesus, and he heals them all with a word. His authority over disease and evil spirits is total and effortless.
Overview
As the Sabbath ends and crowds gather, Jesus casts out spirits 'with a word' and heals every sickness, showing his sovereign power over both the spiritual and physical realms. The sheer scope, 'all who were sick,' underscores the abundance of his mercy. These healings reveal the in-breaking of God's kingdom and point to the comprehensive restoration he came to bring.
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- Exod 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
- Luke 4:40At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
- Mark 1:32–34That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all who were sick and demon-possessed,
- Matt 14:14When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.
- Matt 12:22Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.
- Acts 5:15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
- Mark 5:8For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
- Acts 19:13–16Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
- Matt 4:23–24Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- Mark 2:3Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
- Matt 9:2Just then some men brought to Him a paralytic lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”
- Mark 1:25–27But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”
- Matt 8:33Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.
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