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Matthew 4:23
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Matthew's narrative voice, summarizing Jesus' public ministry in Galilee immediately after calling the first four disciples (4:18–22) and before the crowds from Syria arrive (4:24).
The words — periēgen (περιῆγεν), imperfect indicative, "he was going around" — the imperfect marks continuous, repeated motion, not a single trip.
The thread — Matthew 9:35 restates the same triad (teaching, preaching, healing) as a summary of the broader ministry; Mark 1:39 compresses it to preaching and exorcism; Luke 7:22 has John's disciples report the same pattern back to John the Baptist.
Why it lands — The verse binds three activities into one movement: Jesus does not teach apart from healing, nor heal apart from proclaiming. It asks the reader to hold the whole of what Jesus did as a single act rather than sorting it into categories.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
Cross-references
- Matthew 9:35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
- Mark 1:39 So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
- Luke 7:22 So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Acts 10:38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
- Matthew 11:5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
- Psalms 103:3 He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Matthew 13:54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
- Matthew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
- Luke 4:15 He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
- Matthew 8:16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.