Luke 4:36-44

36 And ¹they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is this word? ²For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"

37 And ³reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.

Jesus Heals Many

38 ⁴And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon's house. Now ⁵Simon's mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf.

39 And he stood over her and ⁶rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

40 Now when the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him, and ⁷he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them.

41 ⁸And demons also came out of many, ⁹crying, "You are ¹⁰the Son of God!" But he rebuked them and ¹¹would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was ¹²the Christ.

Jesus Preaches in Synagogues

42 ¹³And when it was day, he departed and went ¹⁴into a desolate place. And ¹⁵the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them,

43 but he said to them, ¹⁶"I must ¹⁷preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose."

44 And he was preaching ¹⁸in the synagogues of Judea.^[a]