Matthew 19:2
1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
3 Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
4 Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
- KJV
- And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
- WEB
- Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.
- ASV
- and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
- DARBY
- and great crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
- BLB
- And many crowds followed Him, and He healed them there.
- ÅB
- Og store folkemengder fulgte ham, og han helbredet dem der.
- OTB
- Et stort antall mennesker fulgte ham, og han helbredet dem der.
- B1930
- Og meget folk fulgte ham, og han helbredet dem der.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:15
Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all,
Read in contextMatthew 15:30–31
Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
Read in contextMatthew 9:35–36
Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
Read in contextMatthew 4:23–25
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Read in contextMark 6:55–56
and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
Read in contextMatthew 14:35–36
And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him
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