Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give. In The Indian Female Evangelist for September of this year, we meet with rather a pleasing illustration of this verse, in the report given by a native Bible-woman, who accompanied the missionary, Mr. Harding and his wife, on an evangelizing tour of 180 miles in the Bombay Presidency, in a bullock-cart. At one place they came to, she says, "We had so many openings in the town here to-day. There were several of us who went, and at times we divided into two companies. We must have gone to six places. One interesting-looking lad followed us around, waiting patiently for his time to come, when we could follow him to his home. We gladly did so, and had a large company in front of his mother's house and yard. He tried to slip a few coppers into our hands but we refused, for as we have received freely, we are glad to give freely." But the boy's offer was gratifying, as showing how the work was appreciated. Freely .... St. Helanon healed very many sick persons, but would not receive any gifts from them, not so much as a morsel of bread; for he was wont to say, "Gratis ye have received, gratis give." He replied to a certain nobleman whom he had delivered from a legion of devils, and who urgently pressed him to receive a gift, at least that he might distribute it among the poor, "Be not grieved, my son. at what I do, for I do it for thy sake as well as my own. If I should receive this I should offend God, and the legion would return to thee." Parallel Verses KJV: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.WEB: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. |
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