¹⁶And as he^* was passing by along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net^* into the sea (for they were fishermen). ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Follow^f me and I will make you become fishers of people.” ¹⁸And immediately they left their nets and^* followed him. ¹⁹And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and his brother John, and they were in the boat mending the nets. ²⁰And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and^* went away after him. ²¹And they went into Capernaum and immediately on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue.^g

A Man with an Unclean Spirit Healed

²²And they were amazed at his teaching, because he was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like the scribes. ²³And so then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴saying, “Leave us alone,^h Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” ²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” ²⁶And after^* convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him. ²⁷And they were all amazed, so that they began to discuss with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.” ²⁸And the report about him then went out everywhere in the whole surrounding region of Galilee.

Many at Capernaum Are Healed

²⁹And so then he departed from the synagogue and^* came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. ³⁰Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her. ³¹And he came and^* raised her up by^* taking hold of herⁱ hand, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

³²Now when it^* was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing^j to him all those who were sick^k and those who were demon-possessed. ³³And the whole town was gathered together at the door. ³⁴And he healed many who were sick^l with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Preaching Throughout Galilee

³⁵And getting up early in the morning while it was very dark, he departed and went to a deserted place, and there he was praying. ³⁶And Simon and those who were with him searched diligently for him. ³⁷And they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you!” ³⁸And he said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this very reason.” ³⁹And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

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Footnotes

*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was passing by”) which is understood as temporal
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
fLiterally “come after”
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb
gSome manuscripts have “he went into the synagogue and began to teach”
hLiterally “what to us and to you”
*Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“convulsing”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking hold of”) which is understood as means
iLiterally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
jThe imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began bringing”)
kLiterally “who were having badly”
lLiterally “who were having badly”