And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Matthew does not mean to describe Christ's whole ministry in detail; rather, He was constantly at work proclaiming salvation and confirming it by miracles. The gospel of the kingdom takes its name from what it accomplishes: God gathers a scattered people to himself and reigns among them, establishing His throne to give them perfect happiness. Yet remember, we must submit to God if we would be exalted by Him to heavenly glory.
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Christ's method reveals His heart: He went to poor obscure villages as well as great cities, for the souls of the meanest are as precious to Him as those of the wealthy. He taught in synagogues even when corrupted by the Pharisees, bearing witness to solemn assembly itself, and He preached the gospel of a kingdom of grace and glory under a Mediator, truly good news.
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Commenting on Matthew 9:35-38
The harvest is plenteous because God's elect are scattered in these cities and villages, and their appointed time for conversion has come; Christ calls them a harvest on account of their number. But the laborers are few, those willing to spend and be spent in the painful, constant work of ministry have always been scarce.
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