Matthew 4:23-25
Jesus proclaims the kingdom and displays its mercy as crowds gather from every direction.
23 Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
25 Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
Jesus proclaims the kingdom and displays its mercy as crowds gather from every direction.
Matthew summarizes Jesus' early Galilean ministry as a kingdom ministry of teaching, proclamation, healing, and widening public witness.
Galilee and its surrounding regions, with Jesus moving through synagogues and public spaces where teaching, proclamation, and healing draw increasing attention.
The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called
Jesus, the faithful Son, defeats temptation by God's Word, begins proclaiming the kingdom, calls disciples into mission, and displays the light and power of God's saving reign.