2 Kings 5:11

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Summary

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Naaman

Matthew 8:8

Matthew 15:27

Luke 14:11

Went away

Behold

Bible References

Naaman

The captain answered, "Sir, I am not fit to have you under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be cured.

"No, sir," she said, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table."

For everyone who uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

Went away

When the young man heard that, he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

After that, many of his disciples drew back and would not associate with him any longer.

(Truly, truly I tell you, he who receives anyone I send receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.)"

See that you do not refuse to listen to His voice. For if they failed to escape, who refused to listen to their instructor upon earth, much less shall we escape, if we discard Him who speaks from heaven.

Behold

Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you never will believe."

For when the world with all its wisdom failed to know God in his wisdom, God resolved to save believers by the 'sheer folly' of the Christian message.

The unspiritual man rejects these truths of the Spirit of God; to him they are 'sheer folly,' he cannot understand them. And the reason is, that they must be read with the spiritual eye.

Let no one deceive himself about this; whoever of you imagines he is wise with this world's wisdom must become a 'fool,' if he is really to be wise.