However a number of people who saw them start and recognized them, got to the place before them by hurrying there on foot from all the towns.
Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry —
followed by a large crowd on account of the Signs which they had seen him perform on sick folk.
So they went away privately in the boat to a lonely spot.
So when Jesus disembarked he saw a large crowd, and out of pity for them, as they were like sheep without a shepherd, he proceeded to teach them at length.