Luke 4

37 The story of what he had done spread like wildfire throughout the whole region.

38 After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon's home, where he found Simon's mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. "Please heal her," everyone begged.

39 Standing at her bedside, he spoke to the fever, rebuking it, and immediately her temperature returned to normal. She got up at once and prepared a meal for them.

40 As the sun went down that evening, people throughout the village brought sick family members to Jesus. No matter what their diseases were, the touch of his hand healed every one.

41 Some were possessed by demons; and the demons came out at his command, shouting, "You are the Son of God." But because they knew he was the Messiah, he stopped them and told them to be silent.

42 Early the next morning Jesus went out into the wilderness. The crowds searched everywhere for him, and when they finally found him, they begged him not to leave them.

43 But he replied, "I must preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God in other places, too, because that is why I was sent."

44 So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.*¹

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1: Some manuscripts read Galilee.

^{New Living Translation Bible and Notes used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}