The healing after the calling Epiphany 3A (Matthew 4:12-23)
Why do we give Matthew 4:23 short shrift?
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After Jesus has called Simon Peter and Andrew and James and John, the Gospel reading determined by the lectionary includes this verse: “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people."
