Matthew 12:15 Cross References

Matthew 12:15

15: But Jesus knew what they were planning. He left that area, and many people followed him. He healed all the sick among them,

When you are persecuted in one town, flee to the next. I assure you that I, the Son of Man, will return before you have reached all the towns of Israel.

Jesus and his disciples went out to the lake, followed by a huge crowd from all over Galilee, Judea,
Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far away as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see him for themselves.
Jesus instructed his disciples to bring around a boat and to have it ready in case he was crowded off the beach.
There had been many healings that day. As a result, many sick people were crowding around him, trying to touch him.
And whenever those possessed by evil spirits caught sight of him, they would fall down in front of him shrieking, "You are the Son of God!"

As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

After this, Jesus stayed in Galilee, going from village to village. He wanted to stay out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death.

He went beyond the Jordan River to stay near the place where John was first baptizing.
And many followed him. "John didn't do miracles," they remarked to one another, "but all his predictions about this man have come true."
And many believed in him there.

Jesus traveled throughout Galilee teaching in the synagogues, preaching everywhere the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed people who had every kind of sickness and disease.
News about him spread far beyond the borders of Galilee so that the sick were soon coming to be healed from as far away as Syria. And whatever their illness and pain, or if they were possessed by demons, or were epileptics, or were paralyzed--he healed them all.
Large crowds followed him wherever he went--people from Galilee, the Ten Towns, Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.

So don't get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time.

This suffering is all part of what God has called you to. Christ, who suffered for you, is your example. Follow in his steps.

One day soon afterward Jesus went to a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

When they came down the slopes of the mountain, the disciples stood with Jesus on a large, level area, surrounded by many of his followers and by the crowds. There were people from all over Judea and from Jerusalem and from as far north as the seacoasts of Tyre and Sidon.
They had come to hear him and to be healed, and Jesus cast out many evil spirits.
Everyone was trying to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and they were all cured.

Wherever he went--in villages and cities and out on the farms--they laid the sick in the market plazas and streets. The sick begged him to let them at least touch the fringe of his robe, and all who touched it were healed.

All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, because there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end.

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