Great multitudes followed him - Some to be instructed - some to be healed - some through curiosity - and some to ensnare him.

And great multitudes followed him,.... The Persic version adds, "of the sick and diseased"; but all that followed him were not such, though some were: these came not only from Galilee, but from the adjacent parts, from the country beyond Jordan, and the coasts of Judea, where he had been formerly; and who resort to him again, as Mark observes; and whom, according to his usual manner, he taught and instructed in the knowledge of divine things, and confirmed his doctrines by miracles:

and he healed them there; in the above mentioned places, even as many of them as were sick and diseased.

And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.

19:2 Great multitudes. Because his fame was now well known over all Palestine.

19:2 Multitudes followed him, and he healed them there - That is, wheresoever they followed him.

2. And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there-Mark says further (Mr 10:1), that "as He was wont, He taught them there." What we now have on the subject of divorce is some of that teaching.

Divorce (Mt 19:3-12).

19:1,2 Great multitudes followed Christ. When Christ departs, it is best for us to follow him. They found him as able and ready to help elsewhere, as he had been in Galilee; wherever the Sun of Righteousness arose, it was with healing in his wings.