¹³ Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum,^(A) which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali—

⁴⁶ Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.^(A) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit^(A)

²¹ They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.^(B)

²³ And you, Capernaum,^(A) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.^[a](B) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

⁵⁹ He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

²⁴ Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

³⁰ But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.^(A)

Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit^(B)

³¹ Then he went down to Capernaum,^(C) a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

¹⁷ where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them.

¹² After this he went down to Capernaum^(A) with his mother^(B) and brothers^(C) and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

The Temple Tax

²⁴ After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax^(A) came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”