Healing of many people
14 Jesus went home with Peter and saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
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He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and served them.
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That evening people brought to Jesus many who were demon-possessed. He threw the spirits out with just a word. He healed everyone who was sick.
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This happened so that what Isaiah the prophet said would be fulfilled: He is the one who took our illnesses and carried away our diseases.
Discussions about following
18 Now when Jesus saw the crowd, he ordered his disciples to go over to the other side of the lake.
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A legal expert came and said to him, "Teacher, I'll follow you wherever you go."
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Jesus replied, "
Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Human One has no place to lay his head."
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Another man, one of his disciples, said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
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But Jesus said to him, "
Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
Calming a storm
23 When Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
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A huge storm arose on the lake so that waves were sloshing over the boat. But Jesus was asleep.
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They came and woke him, saying, "Lord, rescue us! We're going to drown!"
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He said to them, "
Why are you afraid, you people of weak faith?" Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm.
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The people were amazed and said, "What kind of person is this? Even the winds and the lake obey him!"
Jesus frees demon-possessed men
28 When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed came from among the tombs to meet him. They were so violent that nobody could travel on that road.
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They cried out, "What are you going to do with us, Son of God? Have you come to torture us before the time of judgment?"
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Far off in the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
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The demons pleaded with him, "If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs."
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Then he said to the demons, "
Go away," and they came out and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
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Those who tended the pigs ran into the city and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.
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Then the whole city came out and met Jesus. When they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.