Luke 9:1

Then Jesus called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to heal diseases,

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In The King James Version

Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

In Context

2and he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:19I will give yoʋ the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever yoʋ bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever yoʋ loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Mark 6:7He summoned the twelve and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

Luke 6:13When daybreak came, he called his disciples and chose twelve from among them, whom he also named apostles:

John 14:12Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do. He will even do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

Acts 3:16By faith in his name, his name has given strength to this man whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

Acts 9:34Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ has now healed yoʋ; rise and roll up yoʋr mat.” Immediately he rose,

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 →

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