Matthew 9:35

“And Jesus went around all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness.”

Matthew 9:35 · direct translation from the Greek
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Matthew 9:35, word by word

JesusἸησοῦςIēsous

Jesus

Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).

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went aroundπεριῆγενperiēgen

go around

Travel everywhere; feel one's way blindly.

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the townsπόλειςpoleis

city, town

City, town.

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the villagesκώμαςkōmas

village

Village, small town.

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teachingδιδάσκωνdidaskōn

teach

Teach.

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their synagoguesσυναγωγαῖςsynagōgais

synagogue

Synagogue: the gathering of Jews to read Scripture and pray, and the building where they met.

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proclaimingκηρύσσωνkēryssōn

proclaim

Proclaim aloud, like a herald announcing a message on behalf of the king.

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the good newsεὐαγγέλιονeuangelion

good news

Good news: an announcement of victory or of joy. It is the word usually translated "gospel".

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of the kingdomβασιλείαςbasileias

kingdom of God

God's rule, which comes with Jesus.

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healingθεραπεύωνtherapeuōn

heal

To restore the sick to health, often with a word or a touch.

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diseaseνόσονnoson

disease

Disease, sickness.

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sicknessμαλακίανmalakian

sickness, weakness

Sickness, weakness, ailment.

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Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

The harvest is plentiful

Luke 10:1-2

A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.

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Matthew 9:35-38

35And Jesus went around all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness. 36Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. 37Then he says to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few; 38so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”

Luke 10:1-2

1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others also, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was about to come. 2And he was saying to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the workers are few; so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

The context

34But the Pharisees were saying, “By the ruler of the demons he drives out the demons.”

35 · This verse (above)

36Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd.

Read all of Matthew 9

To study Matthew 9 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What did Jesus say to the paralyzed man before healing him, and how did some scribes react (vv. 2–3)?

  2. 2. What it means

    What did Jesus mean by “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners” as he sat with them (vv. 10–13)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus saw the crowds with compassion (v. 36). Whom around you could you look at with more compassion today?

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