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When faced with physical or emotional pain, Bible verses about healing provide strength, comfort, and encouragement. Read and share these 50 healing scriptures.
Glossa Ordinaria: "From the healing of Peter's wife's mother to this place, there has been a continued succession of miracles; and they were done before the Sermon upon the Mount, as we know for certain from Matthew’s call, which is placed among them; for he was one of the twelve chosen to the Apostleship upon the mount.
Christ healing the paralytic at Capernaum by Bernhard Rode 1780. Jesus heals the paralytic at Capernaum (Galway City Museum, Ireland) Jesus heals the man with palsy by Alexandre Bida (1875) Healing the paralytic at Capernaum is one of the miracles of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels (Matthew 9:1–8, Mark 2:1–12, and Luke 5:17–26).
Healing is also connected with the forgiveness of sins. [2] Pentecostal and charismatic Christians believe "that God has made provision that physical healing would be a ministry of His church and that gifts of healings would operate along with faith". [2] However, they also believe that no minister of healing will heal all that come to them. [3]
According to a 2004 Newsweek poll, 72 percent of Americans said they believe that praying to God can cure someone, even if science says the person has an incurable disease. [9] Unlike faith healing, advocates of spiritual healing make no attempt to seek divine intervention, instead believing in divine energy.
Jesus has just condemned the lengthy prayers of the Gentiles, and in this verse states that such prayers are unnecessary as God is aware of a person's desire even before they ask. A similar statement is made at Isaiah 65:24. This raises the question of why prayer is even necessary at all, and this issue has been much discussed by theologians.