Spreading the Good News in Galilee^(A)

²³ Jesus went all over Galilee. He taught in the synagogues and spread the Good News of the kingdom. He also cured every disease and sickness among the people.

²⁴ The news about Jesus spread throughout Syria. People brought him everyone who was sick, those who suffered from any kind of disease or pain. They also brought epileptics, those who were paralyzed, and people possessed by demons, and he cured them all. ²⁵ Large crowds followed him. They came from Galilee, the Ten Cities,^[a] Jerusalem, Judea, and from across the Jordan River.

Spreading the Good News in Galilee^(A)

³⁵ In the morning, long before sunrise, Jesus went to a place where he could be alone to pray. ³⁶ Simon and his friends searched for him. ³⁷ When they found him, they told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”

³⁸ Jesus said to them, “Let’s go somewhere else, to the small towns that are nearby. I have to spread ⌞the Good News⌟ in them also. This is why I have come.”

³⁹ So he went to spread ⌞the Good News⌟ in the synagogues all over Galilee, and he forced demons out of people.