Many People Follow Jesus^(A)

⁷ Jesus left with his ·followers [disciples] for the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him. ⁸ Also many people came from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Idumea [^Clocated to the south], from the lands across the Jordan River, and from the area of Tyre and Sidon [^Clocated to the north]. When they heard what Jesus was doing, many people came to him. ⁹ When Jesus saw the crowds, he told his ·followers [disciples] to get a boat ready for him to keep people from ·crowding against [crushing] him. ¹⁰ He had healed many people, so all the sick were pushing toward him to touch him. ¹¹ When ·evil [defiling; ^Lunclean; see 1:23] spirits [within people] saw Jesus, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” ¹² But Jesus strongly ·warned [rebuked; ordered] them not to tell who he was.