^25 (A)And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the ^(B)Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

God's Chosen Servant

¹⁵ Jesus, aware of this, ^(A)withdrew from there. And ^(B)many followed him, and he healed them all ¹⁶ and ^(C)ordered them not to make him known. ^17 (D)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

A Great Crowd Follows Jesus

^7 (A)Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and ^(B)a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea ⁸ and Jerusalem and ^(C)Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around ^(D)Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. ⁹ And he told his disciples to ^(E)have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they ^(F)crush him, ¹⁰ for ^(G)he had healed many, so that all who had ^(H)diseases pressed around him ^(I)to touch him. ^11 (J)And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they ^(K)fell down before him and cried out, “You are ^(L)the Son of God.” ¹² And ^(M)he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

Jesus Ministers to a Great Multitude

¹⁷ And ^(A)he came down with them and stood on a level place, with ^(B)a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of ^(C)Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸ who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. ^(D)And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. ¹⁹ And all the crowd ^(E)sought to touch him, for ^(F)power came out from him and healed them all.