KJV King James Version
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Matthew 4:25
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
WEB World English Bible
Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
ASV American Standard Version
And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and from beyond the Jordan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there followed him many multitudes from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Surrounding context — Matthew 4
22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.
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καὶG2532 · kaiandἠκολούθησανG190 · akoloutheōto followαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heὄχλοιG3793 · ochloscrowdπολλοὶG4183 · polusmuchἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoΓαλιλαίαςG1056 · GalilaiaGalileeκαὶG2532 · kaiandΔεκαπόλεωςG1179 · DekapolisDecapolisκαὶG2532 · kaiandἹεροσολύμωνG2414 · HierosolumaJerusalemκαὶG2532 · kaiandἸουδαίαςG2449 · IoudaiaJudeaκαὶG2532 · kaiandπέρανG4008 · peranother sideτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸορδάνου.¶G2446 · IordanēsJordan
Cross-references
Luke 6:17And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;Mark 5:20And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all [men] did marvel.Mark 3:7-8But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,Mark 7:31And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.Matthew 8:1When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.Matthew 19:2And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.Luke 6:19And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed [them] all.Mark 6:2And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing [him] were astonished, saying, From whence hath this [man] these things? and what wisdom [is] this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?Matthew 12:15But when Jesus knew [it], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;Matthew 5:1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
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