Category:Ministering to a Great Multitude (subject)

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Ministering to a Great Multitude was an episode in the Ministry of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew (4:23-25) and the Gospel of Luke (6:17-19).

Overview

Ministering to a Great Multitude in ancient sources

Gospel of Matthew

Matthew 4:23-25 (NRSV) -- 23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them. 25 And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Gospel of Luke

Luke 6:17-19 (NRSV) -- 17 He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. 18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them.

Ministering to a Great Multitude in Literature & the Arts

Ministering to a Great Multitude in Scholarship

External links

• [ Wikipedia]