^15 (A)But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities.

Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

12 In the meantime, ^(A)when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, ^(B)“Beware of ^(C)the leaven of the Pharisees, ^(D)which is hypocrisy.

³⁰ And great crowds came to him, bringing with them ^(A)the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them, ^31 (B)so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking, ^(C)the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And ^(D)they glorified ^(E)the God of Israel.

^45 (A)But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter ^(B)a town, but was out in ^(C)desolate places, and ^(D)people were coming to him from every quarter.

Jesus Heals a Paralytic

2 And when he returned to ^(E)Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. ² And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.

²⁶ And the report of this went through all that district.

Jesus Ministers to Great Crowds

^23 (A)And he went throughout all Galilee, ^(B)teaching in their synagogues and ^(C)proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and ^(D)healing every disease and every affliction among the people. ²⁴ So his fame spread throughout all ^(E)Syria, and ^(F)they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and ^(G)pains, ^(H)those oppressed by demons, ^(I)those having seizures, and ^(J)paralytics, and he healed them. ^25 (K)And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the ^(L)Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

²⁸ And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

² And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.

The Cost of Discipleship

²⁵ Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,