Matthew 4:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him.
Ministering to a Great Multitude.[a] 23 He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,[b] proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.(A) 24 [c]His fame spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases and racked with pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics, and he cured them.
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- 4:23–25 This summary of Jesus’ ministry concludes the narrative part of the first book of Matthew’s gospel (Mt 3–4). The activities of his ministry are teaching, proclaiming the gospel, and healing; cf. Mt 9:35.
- 4:23 Their synagogues: Matthew usually designates the Jewish synagogues as their synagogue(s) (Mt 9:35; 10:17; 12:9; 13:54) or, in address to Jews, your synagogues (Mt 23:34), an indication that he wrote after the break between church and synagogue.
- 4:24 Syria: the Roman province to which Palestine belonged.
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