Preaching the Gospel is all encompassing. It's telling people about Jesus, and salvation, but it's also feeding the hungry and praying for the sick. All these come under the banner of the "Good News". Furthermore, Jesus was sent to proclaim release to the captive. He came to earth with the power and authority to release people kept in bondage through "every disease" and "every sickness". Matthew purposely used terms of a general nature, indicating the broad scope of Jesus' ministry, not the narrowness. Thus, Jesus brings a measure of release to the gamut of maladies in which people find themselves entangled, whether they are a direct result of human or demonic oppression. There are many different kinds of prisoners ... not all are behind bars.
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