But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.
Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,
And the mother-in-law of Simon lay in a fever. And straightway they speak to him about her.
Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches5
Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee, that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.
Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
And it was so, that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery: unto whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laying his hands on him healed him.
The walk8
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John 11:3The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
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Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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1 Corinthians 9:5Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).
These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
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Mark 5:23and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee, that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.
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And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
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