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7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea
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Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him.
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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 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they 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 healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around 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 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "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 And he strictly 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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