Matthew 4:25 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And great crowds joined and accompanied Him about, coming from Galilee and Decapolis [the district of the ten cities east of the Sea of Galilee] and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other [the east] side of the Jordan.

American Standard Version (1901)

And there followed him great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judæa and from beyond the Jordan.

Common English Bible

Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the areas beyond the Jordan River.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And a great crowd followed him from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from across the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

Matthew 4:25 Cross References

Matthew 12:15

When Jesus perceived what they were doing He withdrew from that place. Many people followed Him and He healed all of them.

Matthew 19:2

Large crowds followed Him there and were healed by Him.

Matthew 4:15

[Isa. 9:1-2]. “The districts of Zebulun and Naphtali, near the lake, beyond [i.e., where it enters] the Jordan in Galilee, [the territory] of the Gentiles;

Matthew 5:1

Seeing the large crowds, Jesus went up in a mountain [i.e., probably a hill near Capernaum] and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

Matthew 8:1

And when He had come down from the mountain [See 5:1], large crowds followed Him.

Mark 5:20

But the man went away and began telling people throughout Decapolis about all of the great things Jesus had done for him. [Note: “Decapolis” means “ten cities” and was a region located east of the Jordan River].

Mark 6:2

And when the Sabbath day came, He began teaching in the synagogue and many who heard Him were amazed, and asked [such questions as], “Where did this man get these things [i.e., knowledge, miracles, etc.]?” and “What kind of wisdom has been given to him?” and “What do these supernatural powers he performs mean?

Mark 7:31

Again He left the region of Tyre and traveled [north] through Sidon, [then back south] to Lake Galilee, and through the middle of Decapolis.

Luke 6:17

Then He came down [from the mountain] with them and stood on a level place [where] a large crowd of His disciples and a large group of people had gathered to hear Him and be healed from their diseases.

Luke 6:19

Then the whole crowd tried to touch Him because [supernatural] power was coming from His body, and He healed all of them.