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.
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And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. …
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-37)Our Lord Jesus seldom staid long in a place, for he knew where his work lay, and attended the changes of it. When he had cured the woman of Canaan’s daughter, he had done what he had to do in that place, and therefore presently left those parts, and returned to the sea of Galilee , whereabout his usual residence was; yet he did not come directly thither, but fetched a compass through the midst of…
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