Crowds by the Sea

3:7 Then17 Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him.18 And from Judea, 3:8 Jerusalem,19 Idumea, beyond the Jordan River,20 and around Tyre21 and Sidon22 a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done. 3:9 Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd23 would not press toward him. 3:10 For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him. 3:11 And whenever the unclean spirits24 saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 3:12 But25 he sternly ordered them not to make him known.26