At that time Jesus went up a hill to pray and spent the whole night there praying to God.

Very early the next morning, long before daylight, Jesus got up and left the house. He went out of town to a lonely place, where he prayed.

"My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

When Jesus heard the news about John, he left there in a boat and went to a lonely place by himself. The people heard about it, and so they left their towns and followed him by land.

Jesus got out of the boat, and when he saw the large crowd, his heart was filled with pity for them, and he healed their sick.

and when they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you."

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.

Many people, however, saw them leave and knew at once who they were; so they went from all the towns and ran ahead by land and arrived at the place ahead of Jesus and his disciples.

When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw this large crowd, and his heart was filled with pity for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began to teach them many things.

When the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they got into those boats and went to Capernaum, looking for him.

Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent him away, saying,

but they held him back, saying, "Stay with us; the day is almost over and it is getting dark." So he went in to stay with them.

So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them, and Jesus stayed there two days.