And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto
him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments,
possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.
And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great
multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judæa, and from Jerusalem,
and from Idumæa, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him
because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: for he had healed
many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they
might touch him: for power came forth from him, and healed them all.
And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before
him, and cried, saying, "Thou art the Son of God."
And he charged them much that they should not make him known: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet,
saying,
"Behold my servant whom I have chosen;
My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased;
I will put my Spirit upon him,
And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;
Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed shall he not break.
And smoking flax shall he not quench.
Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
And in his name shall the nations hope."