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And, Jesus, with his disciples, retired unto the sea; and, a great throng from Galilee, followed, also from Judaea,

and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Zidon, a great throng, hearing whatsoever things he was doing, came unto him.

And he spake unto his disciples that a little boat might attend him, because of the multitude, - that they might not be pressing upon him.

For he cured many, so that they were besieging him, that they might touch him - as many as had plagues;

and the impure spirits, as soon as they beheld him, were falling down to him, and crying aloud, while he was speaking, Thou, art the Son of God!

and sternly was he rebuking them, lest they should make him manifest.