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16 When evening came, people[a] brought to him many who were possessed by demons. He drove out the spirits by speaking a command[b] and healed everyone who was sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

“It was he who took our illnesses away
    and removed our diseases.”[c]

The Would-be Followers of Jesus(A)

18 When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:16 Lit. they
  2. Matthew 8:16 Lit. spirits with a word
  3. Matthew 8:17 Cf. Isa 53:4
  4. Matthew 8:18 The Gk. lacks of the Sea of Galilee