2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.^{(A) 2} On the sixth^[a] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.^{(B) 3} So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.^(C)

¹⁵ But now more than ever the word about Jesus^[a] spread abroad; many crowds were gathering to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.^{(A) 16} Meanwhile, he would slip away to deserted places and pray.^(B)