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Jesus Goes To Capernaum And Teaches. They Are Astounded At His Authority

³¹ And He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And He was teaching them on the Sabbath. ³² And they were astounded at His teaching, because His message was with authority.

Jesus Orders a Demon To Leave a Man. They Are Astonished At His Power

³³ And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried-out with a loud voice, ³⁴ “Let-us-alone^[a]! What^[b] do we have to do with You, Jesus from-Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know You, Who You are: the Holy One of God!” ³⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silenced and come out from him”. And the demon, having thrown him down into their midst, came out from him, not having hurt him at all. ³⁶ And astonishment came over everyone. And they were talking-with one another, saying, “What is this message? Because He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power, and they come out!” ³⁷ And the news about Him was going out into every place of the surrounding-region.

In Simon’s Home That Night, Many Are Healed

³⁸ And having arisen from the synagogue, He entered into the house of Simon. Now the mother-in-law of Simon was being gripped^[c] with a high fever. And they asked Him concerning her. ³⁹ And having stood over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her. And having stood up at-once, she was serving them. ⁴⁰ And while the sun was setting^[d], all who were having ones being sick with various diseases brought them to Him. And the One, laying His hands on each one of them, was curing them. ⁴¹ And demons also were coming out from many, shouting, and saying that “You are the Son of God!” And rebuking them, He was not allowing them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

Jesus Proceeds On To Announce The Kingdom of God To Other Cities

⁴² And having become day, having gone out, He went to a desolate^[e] place. And the crowds were seeking-for Him. And they came to Him and were holding^[f] Him back that He might not proceed from them. ⁴³ And the One said to them that “I must also announce the kingdom of God as good news to the other cities, because I was sent-forth for this purpose”.

While Jesus Teaches The Crowds By The Lake of Gennesaret, He Uses Simon’s Boat

⁴⁴ And He was proclaiming in the synagogues of Judea. 5 ¹ And it came about during the crowd’s pressing-upon Him and listening-to the word of God that He was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret^[g]. ² And He saw two boats standing beside the lake. And the fishermen, having gotten-out of them, were washing their nets. ³ And having gotten into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, He asked him to put-out a little from the land. And having sat-down, He was teaching the crowds from the boat.

Jesus Brings Simon a Great Catch of Fish. Now You Will Be Catching People

⁴ And when He ceased speaking, He said to Simon, “Put-out into the deep [water] and lower^[h] your nets for a catch”. ⁵ And having responded, Simon said, “Master, having labored through the whole night, we took nothing. But at^[i] Your word, I will lower the nets. ⁶ And having done this, they enclosed a large number of fish. And their nets were being torn. ⁷ And they signaled to their companions in the other boat that having come, they might help them. And they came. And they filled both the boats so that they were sinking. ⁸ And having seen it, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, Master”. ⁹ For astonishment at the catch of fish which they took seized him, and all the ones with him. ¹⁰ And likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be fearing. From now on you will be catching^[j] people!” ¹¹ And having brought their boats on land, having left everything, they followed Him.