36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
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And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known.
And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.
And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. …
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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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