Matthew 4:23-25; Mark 3:7-12

The news about JESUS went all over the land of Syria. And as he was going all around Galilee, he taught the Good News of the kingdom in their houses of worship. He was also healing people of all types of diseases and sicknesses, and they brought him all the people who were sick. These people had all kinds of diseases, and they were suffering with much pain. Some of them had demons inside of them. Some were epileptics, and some were paralyzed. JESUS healed them all. He and his disciples went down to the Sea of Galilee, and a multitude of people followed him from Galilee and from the region of Judea, from Jerusalem, from the land of Idumea, from the area across the Jordan River, and from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. They had heard about the things JESUS was doing; so they came to him. To keep the crowd from pressing in on him, he told his students to get a boat ready. The people were trying to get as close to JESUS as they could because he had healed so many people. People with diseases wanted to touch him. But when people with evil spirits saw JESUS, they fell down in front of him and shouted, "You are the SON of GOD!" But JESUS warned them not to tell who he was.