Luke 9:1
And getting the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all evil spirits and over diseases, to make them well.
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In Context
2And he sent them out to be preachers of the kingdom of God, and to make well those who were ill.
Cross References
Matthew 16:19I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever is fixed by you on earth will be fixed in heaven: and whatever you make free on earth will be made free in heaven.
Mark 6:7And he gave orders to the twelve, and sent them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
Luke 6:13And the day came and, turning to his disciples, he made a selection from among them of twelve, to whom he gave the name of Apostles;
John 14:12Truly I say to you, He who puts his faith in me will do the very works which I do, and he will do greater things than these, because I am going to my Father.
Acts 3:16And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.
Acts 9:34And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you well: get up and make your bed. And straight away he got up.
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:1
In this chapter we have, I. The commission Christ gave to his twelve apostles to go out for some time to preach the gospel, and confirm it by miracles, ver. 1-6 . II. Herod's terror at the growing greatness of our Lord Jesus, ver. 7-9 . III. The apostles' return to Christ, his retirement with them into a place of solitude, the great resort of people to them notwithstanding, and his feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, ver. 10-17 . IV. His discourse with his disciples concerning himself and… Read the whole commentary →