And whither ever he entered into villages, or into towns, or into cities, they set sick men in streets, and prayed him, that they should touch namely the hem of his cloth; and how many that touched him, were made safe.
And when the people knew this, they followed him. And he received them, and spake to them of the kingdom of God; and he healed them that had need of cure.
Therefore Jesus walked not then openly among the Jews; but he went into a country beside [the] desert, into a city, that is said Ephraim, and there he dwelled with his disciples.