Jesus Teaches and Heals People^(A)

²³ Jesus went everywhere in Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the ·Good News about [Gospel of] the kingdom, and healing ·all [or every kind of] the people’s diseases and sicknesses. ²⁴ The ·news [fame] about Jesus spread ·all over [or as far as] Syria, and people brought all the sick to him. They were suffering from different kinds of diseases. Some were in great pain, some ·had demons [were demon-possessed], some were epileptics, and some were paralyzed. Jesus healed all of them. ²⁵ ·Many people [Great crowds] from Galilee, the ·Ten Towns [^LDecapolis; ^Cthe area east of Lake Galilee that once had ten main towns], Jerusalem, Judea, and ·the land across [beyond] the Jordan River followed him.

³⁹ So he went everywhere in Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and ·forcing [driving; casting] out demons.

Many People Follow Jesus^(A)

⁷ Jesus left with his ·followers [disciples] for the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him. ⁸ Also many people came from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Idumea [^Clocated to the south], from the lands across the Jordan River, and from the area of Tyre and Sidon [^Clocated to the north]. When they heard what Jesus was doing, many people came to him. ⁹ When Jesus saw the crowds, he told his ·followers [disciples] to get a boat ready for him to keep people from ·crowding against [crushing] him. ¹⁰ He had healed many people, so all the sick were pushing toward him to touch him. ¹¹ When ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean; see 1:23] spirits [within people] saw Jesus, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” ¹² But Jesus strongly ·warned [rebuked; ordered] them not to tell who he was.

Jesus Chooses His Twelve Apostles^(B)

¹³ Then Jesus went up ·on a mountain [to the hills] and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.

⁴⁴ Then he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.^[a]

Jesus Teaches and Heals^(A)

¹⁷ Jesus and the apostles ·came down from the mountain [^Lcame down; ^Cperhaps to a level place on the side of the mountain], and he stood on level ground. A ·large group [great crowd] of his ·followers [disciples] was there, as well as many people from all around Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast cities of Tyre and Sidon. ¹⁸ They all came to hear Jesus teach and to be healed of their ·sicknesses [diseases], and he healed those who were troubled by ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean; 4:33] spirits. ¹⁹ All the people were trying to touch Jesus, because power was coming from him and healing them all.