The Return to Galilee

Jesus and his disciples left (Judea) and returned to the lake. And a great multitude from Galilee followed him—and from Judea and Jerusalem, from Idumaea, and even from beyond the Jordan, and from around Tyre and Sidon. Because they had heard what great things he did, they came to him.

And because of the crowd, he told his disciples to pull a small boat to the shore because he was being crushed by the crowd. From there, he healed many who pressed forward to just touch him. Many were sick and tormented by unclean spirits. When they saw him, they fell down in his presence and cried out, “You are the Son of God!” But he commanded them not to tell others and increase his fame.