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7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him;
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Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
8 hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon.
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When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.
9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;
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Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
10 for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.
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For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, "You are the Son of God!"
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Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”
12 But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.
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But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
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