17. This was to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:‘He took up our infirmitiesand bore our diseases.’
18. When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
19. Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
20. Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
21. Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’
22. But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’
23. Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.
24. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.
25. The disciples went and woke him, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!’
26. He replied, ‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27. The men were amazed and asked, ‘What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!’
28. When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
29. ‘What do you want with us, Son of God?’ they shouted. ‘Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?’