16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill. 17 This was to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

‘He took up our infirmities
    and bore our diseases.’[a]

The cost of following Jesus

18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)