³¹Jesus went to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and taught them on a day of rest—a holy day. ³²The people were amazed at his teachings because he spoke with authority.

³³In the synagogue was a man possessed by a spirit, an evil demon. He shouted very loudly, ³⁴“Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

³⁵Jesus ordered the spirit, “Keep quiet, and come out of him!” The demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out without hurting him.

³⁶Everyone was stunned. They said to one another, “What kind of command is this? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits, and they come out.”

³⁷So news about him spread to every place throughout the surrounding region.

Jesus Cures Simon’s Mother-in-Law and Many Others—Matthew 8:14–18; Mark 1:29–34

³⁸Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever. They asked Jesus to help her. ³⁹He bent over her, ordered the fever to leave, and it went away. She got up immediately and prepared a meal for them.

⁴⁰When the sun was setting, everyone who had friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and cured them. ⁴¹Demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But Jesus ordered them not to speak. After all, they knew he was the Messiah.

Spreading the Good News—Matthew 4:23–25; Mark 1:35–39

⁴²In the morning he went to a place where he could be alone. The crowds searched for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving. ⁴³But he said to them, “I have to tell the Good News about God’s kingdom in other cities also. That’s what I was sent to do.”

⁴⁴So he spread his message in the synagogues of Judea.^a

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Footnotes

a 4:44 Some manuscripts read “in the synagogues of Galilee.”