Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.
And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
A large crowd kept following him because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick.
You must understand this, my beloved brothers and sisters: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger,