Crowds Follow Jesus

Jesus went out to the lake with his disciples, and a large crowd followed him. They came from all over Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, from east of the Jordan River, and even from as far north as Tyre and Sidon. The news about his miracles had spread far and wide, and vast numbers of people came to see him.

Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him. 10 He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him. 11 And whenever those possessed by evil[a] spirits caught sight of him, the spirits would throw them to the ground in front of him shrieking, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But Jesus sternly commanded the spirits not to reveal who he was.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:11 Greek unclean; also in 3:30.

But kai · ho Jesus Iēsous withdrew anachōreō with meta · ho his autos disciples mathētēs to pros the ho lake thalassa, and kai there followed akoloutheō a large polys crowd plēthos from apo · ho Galilee Galilaia and kai from apo · ho Judea Ioudaia, and kai from apo Jerusalem Hierosolyma, and kai from apo · ho Idumea Idoumaia and kai beyond peran the ho Jordan Iordanēs and kai around peri Tyre Tyros and kai Sidon Sidōn a large polys crowd plēthos came erchomai to pros him autos when they heard akouō about the things hosos he had done poieō. And kai he told legō · ho his autos disciples mathētēs to hina make ready proskartereō a small ploiarion boat for him autos because dia of the ho crowd ochlos, so hina that they would not crush thlibō him autos. 10 For gar he had healed therapeuō many polys, so hōste that all who hosos had echō diseases mastix were pressing epipiptō around him autos so hina they could touch haptō him autos. 11 And kai the ho unclean akathartos spirits pneuma, · ho whenever hotan they saw theōreō him autos, fell prospiptō down before him autos and kai cried krazō out , saying legō, “ You sy are eimi the ho Son hyios of ho God theos!” 12 But kai he warned epitimaō them autos repeatedly polys not to make poieō him autos known phaneros.

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