Mark 1:38
"Let us go away," he answered, "to the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there, too; because for that purpose I came forth."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
37and told him, "Every one is looking for you."
39So he went throughout Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons.
Cross References
Luke 2:49He answered, "Why is it that you have been looking for me, did you not realize that I had to be in my Father’s house?"
Luke 4:43But he said to them. "I must preach the gospel of the kingdom of God to the other towns also; for that is what I was sent to do."
John 16:28"I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. again, I am leaving the world, and am going to the Father."
John 17:8"for I have given them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and they have believed that thou didst send 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 →