Luke 4:38-44

Expanded Bible

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.”

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