What accompanied the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom in Matthew 9:35?
Matthew 9:35 records that Jesus went through all the cities and villages of Israel, teaching in synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. Accompanying that preaching was healing every sickness and every disease, not merely some but all. This comprehensive healing ministry accompanied the kingdom message.
Les explains that Matthew 9:35 is another account, like Matthew 4:23, of Jesus going about all the cities and villages of Israel, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. He notes that the synagogues were primarily Jewish, though an occasional proselyte Gentile might have been present. In association with that gospel of the kingdom, Jesus was healing every sickness and every disease—not just some of them, but all of them. Les also points out that another place says He healed them all, emphasizing that it was not just a few.
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.