²⁴ Then the news about him spread throughout Syria.^(A) So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics.^(B) And he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.^(C)

The Servant of the Lord

¹⁵ Jesus was aware of this and withdrew. Large crowds^[a] followed him, and he healed them all.^{(A) 16} He warned them not to make him known,^(B)

Teaching and Healing

¹⁷ After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.^{(A) 18} They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those tormented by unclean spirits were made well. ¹⁹ The whole crowd was trying to touch him,^(B) because power was coming out from him and healing them all.^(C)