Acts 5:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed.

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  • Mark 16:17-18 : 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
  • Luke 5:17 : 17 Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.
  • Luke 9:11 : 11 But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.
  • John 14:12 : 12 I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
  • 1 Cor 12:9 : 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
  • Jas 5:16 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
  • Matt 4:24 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.
  • Matt 8:16 : 16 When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.
  • Matt 15:30-31 : 30 Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. 31 As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.
  • Mark 2:3-4 : 3 Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.
  • Mark 6:54-56 : 54 As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus. 55 They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. 56 And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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  • Acts 5:14-15
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    14More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women.

    15Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.

  • Luke 6:17-19
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    17The Sermon on the Plain Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,

    18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.

    19The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

  • Acts 8:6-7
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    6The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

    7For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.

  • Matt 8:16
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    16When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick.

  • Matt 15:30-31
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    30Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them.

    31As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.

  • Luke 4:40
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    40As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

  • Mark 1:32-34
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    32When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

    33The whole town gathered by the door.

    34So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

  • Mark 6:55-56
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    55They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be.

    56And wherever he would go– into villages, towns, or countryside– they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

  • Luke 5:15
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    15But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses.

  • Mark 6:13
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    13They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with olive oil and healed them.

  • Acts 19:12
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    12so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

  • Mark 3:10
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    10For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

  • Matt 14:35-36
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    35When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him.

    36They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

  • Matt 4:23-25
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    23Jesus’ Healing Ministry Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness among the people.

    24So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

    25And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.

  • Luke 5:17-18
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    17Healing and Forgiving a Paralytic Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby(who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

    18Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

  • Matt 19:2
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    2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Luke 9:11
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    11But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing.

  • John 5:3
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    3A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

  • Luke 7:21
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    21At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind.

  • Acts 28:9
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    9After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed.

  • Matt 14:14
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    14As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

  • Acts 5:12
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    12The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

  • Mark 2:2-4
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    2So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them.

    3Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them.

    4When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on.

  • John 6:2
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    2A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

  • Luke 9:6
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    6Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

  • Matt 9:35
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    35Workers for the Harvest Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness.

  • Luke 8:36
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    36Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.

  • Matt 10:1
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    1Sending Out the Twelve Apostles Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

  • Acts 9:32
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    32Peter Heals Aeneas Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda.

  • Matt 21:14
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    14The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

  • Luke 10:9
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    9Heal the sick in that town and say to them,‘The kingdom of God has come upon you!’

  • Matt 8:34
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    34Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

  • Mark 1:29
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    29Healings at Simon’s House Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

  • Acts 3:11
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    11Peter Addresses the Crowd While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon’s Portico.

  • Acts 4:9
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    9if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed–

  • Mark 3:8
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    8Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.