15. He touched her hand and the fever left her; and she got up and began waiting on Him.
16. When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick.
17. And thus He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, He Himself took [in order to carry away] our weaknesses and infirmities and bore away our diseases. [Isa. 53:4.]
18. Now Jesus, when He saw the great throngs around Him, gave orders to cross to the other side [of the lake].
19. And a scribe came up and said to Him, Master, I will accompany You wherever You go.
20. And Jesus replied to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have lodging places, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.
21. Another of the disciples said to Him, Lord, let me first go and bury [care for till death] my father.
22. But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and leave the dead [in sin] to bury their own dead.
23. And after He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
24. And suddenly, behold, there arose a violent storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered up by the waves; but He was sleeping.
25. And they went and awakened Him, saying, Lord, rescue and preserve us! We are perishing!
26. And He said to them, Why are you timid and afraid, O you of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great and wonderful calm (a perfect peaceableness).
27. And the men were stunned with bewildered wonder and marveled, saying, What kind of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him!
28. And when He arrived at the other side in the country of the Gadarenes, two men under the control of demons went to meet Him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce and savage that no one was able to pass that way.
29. And behold, they shrieked and screamed, What have You to do with us, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come to torment us before the appointed time? [Judg. 11:12; II Sam. 16:10.]
30. Now at some distance from there a drove of many hogs was grazing.
31. And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs.
32. And He said to them, Begone! So they came out and went into the hogs, and behold, the whole drove rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water.
33. The herdsmen fled and went into the town and reported everything, including what had happened to the men under the power of demons.
34. And behold, the whole town went out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their locality.