Then Jesus went home. But again many people gathered there. There were so many people that Jesus and his followers could not eat.
Mark 5:24 - Easy To Read Version So Jesus went with Jairus. Many people followed Jesus. They were pushing very close around him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him]. American Standard Version (1901) And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. Common English Bible So Jesus went with him. A swarm of people were following Jesus, crowding in on him. Catholic Public Domain Version And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him, and they pressed upon him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him. |
Then Jesus went home. But again many people gathered there. There were so many people that Jesus and his followers could not eat.
Jairus begged and begged Jesus. He said, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her. Then she will be healed and will live.”
A woman was there among the people. This woman had been bleeding for the past twelve years.
The followers said to Jesus, “There are many people pushing against you. But you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
The group of people grew larger and larger. Jesus said, “The people that live today are evil. They ask for a miracle {\cf2\super [203]} as a sign (proof) from God. But no miracle will be given as a sign to them. The only sign will be the miracle that happened to Jonah. {\cf2\super [204]}
Many thousands of people came together. There were so many people that they were stepping on each other. Before Jesus spoke to the people, he said to his followers, “Be careful of the yeast {\cf2\super [221]} of the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [222]} I mean that they are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [223]}
He wanted to see who Jesus was. There were many other people that wanted to see Jesus too. Zacchaeus was too short to see above the people.
So Jesus went with the men. Jesus was coming near the officer’s house when the officer sent friends to say, “Lord, you don’t need to do anything special for me. I am not good enough for you to come into my house.
You know about Jesus from Nazareth. God made him the Christ {\cf2\super [213]} by giving him the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [214]} and power. Jesus went everywhere doing good things for people. Jesus healed the people that were ruled by the devil. This showed that God was with Jesus.