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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- 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:
- BSB 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.
- 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.
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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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Cross-references · 14
- Exod 15:26and he said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
- Luke 4:40When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
- Mark 1:32–34At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.
- Matt 14:14Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
- Matt 12:22Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
- Acts 5:15They even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some of them.
- Mark 5:8For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
- Acts 19:13–16But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
- Matt 4:23–24Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
- Mark 2:3Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.
- Matt 9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
- Mark 9:25When Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!”
- Mark 1:25–27Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”
- Matt 8:33Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.
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