36. Everyone was stunned. They said to one another, “What kind of command is this? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits, and they come out.”
37. So news about him spread to every place throughout the surrounding region.
38. Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick with a high fever. They asked Jesus to help her.
39. He bent over her, ordered the fever to leave, and it went away. She got up immediately and prepared a meal for them.