And as Jesus passed away from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the place of collecting taxes: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
But he went out, and began to make it known widely, and to report the matter far and wide, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was outside in uninhabited places: and they came to him from every quarter.
And he arose from there, and came into the region of Judea by the farther side of the Jordan: and the people came to him again; and, as he was accustomed, he taught them again.
And immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as around the door: and he preached the word to them.
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered to him a great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.