Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
A single method can cure every disease and sickness known to humanity.
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What current science says
Modern medicine has identified over 10,000 known human diseases, and they have wildly different causes: bacterial infections, viral outbreaks, genetic mutations, autoimmune misfires, cancerous cell growth, nutritional deficiencies, and organ degeneration. Each requires a completely different treatment approach — antibiotics don't fix broken DNA, chemotherapy doesn't treat diabetes, and insulin doesn't cure infections. The idea of a single cure-all is the medical equivalent of claiming one key opens every lock on Earth.
What the text says
This comes from Matthew 9:35. The text claims one person traveled through every city and village, 'healing every sickness and every disease among the people' — a universal cure for all ailments through a single method.
Three honest ways to read this passage
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As history
The text records how its authors understood the world with the knowledge they had. Read this way, a difference from modern science is a window into the ancient mind, not a failure.
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As accommodation
The text speaks to its first audience in their own terms, to make a point that isn't mainly about physics or biology. Read this way, the scientific detail is the vehicle, not the cargo.
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As contradiction
The text makes a claim about the physical world that modern findings dispute. Read this way, the difference is a genuine factual disagreement worth naming.
GEBible doesn't pick one of these for you. Each entry shows the passage, what it says, and what current science says — nothing more.