But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.
So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.