Jesus Heals Many People^(A)

³⁸ Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon [^CPeter]. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever, and they asked Jesus ·to help her [^Lconcerning her]. ³⁹ He ·came to her side [or stood over her] and ·commanded the fever to leave [^Lrebuked the fever]. It left her, and immediately she got up and ·began serving them [or waiting on them; ^Cpresumably meal preparation].

⁴⁰ ·When [or As] the sun went down, the people brought those who were sick to Jesus. ·Putting [Laying] his hands on each sick person, he healed every one of them. ⁴¹ Demons [^Lalso] came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But Jesus ·commanded [reprimanded; rebuked] the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew Jesus was the ·Christ [Messiah].

⁴² At daybreak, Jesus went to a ·lonely [isolated; deserted] place, but the ·people [crowds] ·looked [were looking] for him. When they ·found [came to] him, they tried to keep him from leaving. ⁴³ But Jesus said to them, “I must preach [^Lthe good news] about God’s kingdom to other towns, too. [^L…because] This is why I was sent.”

Jesus Heals Many People^(A)

²⁹ As soon as Jesus and his ·followers [disciples] left the synagogue, they went to the home of Simon [^CPeter; 3:16] and Andrew, together with James and John. ³⁰ Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and ·the people [^Lthey; ^Ceither the people or the disciples] told Jesus about her. ³¹ So Jesus went to her bed, took her hand, and ·helped [raised] her up. The fever left her, and she began ·serving them [waiting on them; ^Cpresumably meal preparation].

³² That evening, after the sun went down, the people brought to Jesus all who were sick and ·had demons in them [were demon-possessed]. ³³ The whole town gathered at the door. ³⁴ Jesus healed many who had different kinds of sicknesses, and he ·forced many demons to leave people [^Ldrove/cast out many demons]. But he would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was. [^CThey knew he was the Messiah; Jesus wanted to avoid premature publicity.]

³⁵ [Very] Early the next morning, while it was still dark, Jesus ·woke [got up] and left the house. He went to a ·lonely [isolated; deserted] place, where he prayed. ³⁶ Simon and his ·friends [companions] went to look for Jesus. ³⁷ When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you!”

³⁸ Jesus answered, “·We should [Let us] go to other towns around here so I can preach there too. That is the reason I came.”