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

"Sir," the Captain went on, "I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.

"Yes, Master," she said, "for even dogs do feed on the scraps that fall from their owners' table."

For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Went away

On hearing these words, the young man went away distressed, for he had great possessions.

After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.

In truth I tell you, he who receives any one that I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me."

Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from Heaven.

Behold

Jesus answered: "Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe."

For since the world, in God's wisdom, did not by its philosophy learn to know God, God saw fit, by the 'folly' of our proclamation, to save those who believe in Christ!

The merely intellectual man rejects the teaching of the Spirit of God; for to him it is mere folly; he cannot grasp it, because it is to be understood only by spiritual insight.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise.