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-# Connecting Statement:
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-This is the end of the part of the story that began in [Matthew 8:1](../08/01.md) about Jesus's healing ministry in Galilee. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-endofstory]])
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-# all the cities
-
-The word "all" is an exaggeration to emphasize how very many cities Jesus went to. He did not necessarily go to every one of them. Alternate translation: "many of the cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole]])
-
 # cities ... villages
 
 "large villages ... small villages" or "large towns ... small towns"
 
 # the gospel of the kingdom
 
-Here "kingdom" refers to God's rule as king. See how you translated this in [Matthew 4:23](../04/23.md). Alternate translation: "the good news that God will show himself as king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
+Here “kingdom” refers to God’s rule as king. See how you translated this in Matthew 4:23. Alternate translation: “the good news that God will show himself as king”
 
 # all kinds of disease and all kinds of sickness