34"Oh, no! What do you want with us, Jesus from Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are-the Holy One of God!" 35Jesus ordered the spirit, "Keep quiet, and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down in the middle of the synagogue and came out without hurting him. 36Everyone was stunned. They said to one another, "What kind of command is this? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits, and they come out." 37So news about him spread to every place throughout the surrounding region. 38Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was sick with a high fever. They asked Jesus to help her. 39He bent over her, ordered the fever to leave, and it went away. She got up immediately and prepared a meal for them. 40When the sun was setting, everyone who had friends suffering from various diseases brought them to him. He placed his hands on each of them and cured them. 41Demons came out of many people, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But Jesus ordered them not to speak. After all, they knew he was the Messiah. 42In the morning he went to a place where he could be alone. The crowds searched for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving. 43But he said to them, "I have to tell the Good News about the kingdom of God in other cities also. That's what I was sent to do." 44So he spread his message in the synagogues of Judea.
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