Jesus Heals the Sick

²³ Jesus went throughout Galilee,^(A) teaching in their synagogues,^(B) proclaiming the good news^(C) of the kingdom,^(D) and healing every disease and sickness among the people.^{(E) 24} News about him spread all over Syria,^(F) and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed,^(G) those having seizures,^(H) and the paralyzed;^(I) and he healed them. ²⁵ Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,^[a] Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.^(J)

³⁵ And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him

³⁶ and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak,^(A) and all who touched it were healed.

² and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs^(A) he had performed by healing the sick.

²⁶ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,^(A) not because you saw the signs^(B) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

¹⁸ Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,^(A) went out to meet him.