He Healed Them All 38-39He
left the meeting place and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law
was running a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. He
stood over her, told the fever to leave—and it left. Before they knew
it, she was up getting dinner for them. 40-41When
the sun went down, everyone who had anyone sick with some ailment or
other brought them to him. One by one he placed his hands on them and
healed them. Demons left in droves, screaming, "Son of God! You're the
Son of God!" But he shut them up, refusing to let them speak because
they knew too much, knew him to be the Messiah. 42-44He
left the next day for open country. But the crowds went looking and,
when they found him, clung to him so he couldn't go on. He told them,
"Don't you realize that there are yet other villages where I have to
tell the Message of God's kingdom, that this is the work God sent me to
do?" Meanwhile he continued preaching in the meeting places of Galilee. |