“And His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and He healed them. And there followed Him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.” Verses 24, 25.
14. What expression used frequently in narrating His ministry shows Christ's deep sympathy with mankind?
“But when He saw the multitude, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.” “And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.” Matt. 9:36; 14:14.
15. In what few words did Christ sum up the object of His ministry?
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10.
16. How did Christ feel over the impenitence of Jerusalem?
“And when He was come near, He beheld the city, and wept over it.” Luke 19:41.
Note.—In no other place did Christ appear so much a reformer as in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the Jewish religion, which religion, though having come from Christ Himself, had degenerated into mere formalism and a round of ceremony. Both the beginning and the close of His ministry here was marked by a cleansing of the temple. See John 2:13-18 and Matt. 21:12-16.
O blessed Christ! my Strength, my King,