Matthew 19:2

2 Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there.

Matthew 19:2 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:2

And great multitudes followed him
The Persic version adds, "of the sick and diseased"; but all that followed him were not such, though some were: these came not only from Galilee, but from the adjacent parts, from the country beyond Jordan, and the coasts of Judea, where he had been formerly; and who resort to him again, as Mark observes; and whom, according to his usual manner, he taught and instructed in the knowledge of divine things, and confirmed his doctrines by miracles:

and he healed them there;
in the above mentioned places, even as many of them as were sick and diseased.

Matthew 19:2 In-Context

1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

2 Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there.

3 Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

4 He answered, "Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning "made them male and female,'

5 and said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'?