But the man went away and began to spread the news everywhere. Indeed, he talked so much that Jesus could not go into a town publicly. Instead, he stayed out in lonely places, and people came to him from everywhere.

Jesus got into the boat and went back across the lake to his own town,

Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a bed, and they tried to carry him into the house and put him in front of Jesus.

Then Jesus left and went away to the territory near the city of Tyre. He went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not stay hidden.

As Jesus was coming near Jericho, there was a blind man sitting by the road, begging.

"Jesus of Nazareth is passing by," they told him.

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to go to Capernaum and heal his son, who was about to die.

When they heard this noise, a large crowd gathered. They were all excited, because all of them heard the believers talking in their own languages.