5. Jesus was angry as he looked around at the people. Yet he felt sorry for them because they were so stubborn. Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did, and his bad hand was healed.
6. The Pharisees left. And straight away they started making plans with Herod's followers to kill Jesus.
7. Jesus led his disciples down to the shore of the lake. Large crowds followed him from Galilee, Judea,
8. and Jerusalem. People came from Idumea, as well as other places east of the River Jordan. They also came from the region around the cities of Tyre and Sidon. All these crowds came because they had heard what Jesus was doing.
9. He even had to tell his disciples to get a boat ready to keep him from being crushed by the crowds.
10. After Jesus had healed many people, the other sick people begged him to let them touch him.
11. And whenever any evil spirits saw Jesus, they would fall to the ground and shout, “You are the Son of God!”