Mark 1:38
"Let us go elsewhere, to the neighbouring country towns," He replied, "that I may proclaim my Message there also; because for that purpose I came from God."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
37When they found Him they said, "Every one is looking for you."
39And He went through all Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and expelling the demons.
Cross References
Luke 2:49"Why is it that you have been searching for me?" He replied; "did you not know that it is my duty to be engaged upon my Father's business?"
Luke 4:43But He said to them, "I have to tell the Good News of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because for this purpose I was sent."
John 16:28I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father."
John 17:8For the truths which Thou didst teach me I have taught them. And they have received them, and have known for certain that I came out from Thy presence, and 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 →