16. That evening people brought to Jesus many people who had demons inside them. He spoke and the demons left the people. He healed all those who were sick.
17. So Jesus made clear the full meaning of what Isaiah the prophet said: “He took away our diseases and carried away our sicknesses.” Isaiah 53:4
18. When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he told his followers to go to the other side of the lake.
19. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you any place you go.”
20. Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes to live in. The birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to rest.”
21. Another of Jesus’ followers said to him, “Lord, I will follow you too, but let me go and bury my father first.”
22. But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let those who are dead bury their own dead.”
23. Jesus got into a boat, and his followers went with him.
24. After the boat left the shore, a very bad storm began on the lake. The waves covered the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
25. The followers went to him and woke him. They said, “Lord, save us! We will drown!”
26. Jesus answered, “Why are you afraid? You don’t have enough faith.” Then he stood up and gave a command to the wind and the water. The wind stopped, and the lake became very calm.
27. The men were amazed. They said, “What kind of man is this? Even the wind and the water obey him!”
28. Jesus arrived at the other side of the lake in the country of the Gadarene people. There, two men who had demons inside them came to him. They lived in the burial caves and were so dangerous that no one could use the road by those caves.