Mark 1:38
Jesus said to them, “Let us go into the neighboring towns so that I may preach there also, for that is why I have come.”
Text-Critical English NT
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In Context
37and when they found him, they said to him, “Everyone is looking for yoʋ.”
39So he was preaching in their synagogues in all of Galilee and casting out demons.
Cross References
Luke 2:49He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”
Luke 4:43But Jesus said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, for that is why I was sent.”
John 16:28I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
John 17:8For I have given them the words that yoʋ gave me, and they have received them and truly know that I came from yoʋ. They have also come to believe that yoʋ sent me.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:30-40
Christ Healing Many Patients. 29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was… Read the whole commentary →