²⁹ As soon as Jesus left the meeting place with James and John, they went home with Simon and Andrew.³⁰ When they got there, Jesus was told that Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever.³¹ Jesus went to her. He took hold of her hand and helped her up. The fever left her, and she served them a meal.

³² That evening after sunset,all who were sick or had demons in them were brought to Jesus.³³ In fact, the whole town gathered around the door of the house.³⁴ Jesus healed all kinds of terrible diseases and forced out a lot of demons. But the demons knew who he was, and he did not let them speak.

³⁵ Very early the next morning, Jesus got up and went to a place where he could be alone and pray.³⁶ Simon and the others started looking for him.³⁷ And when they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you!”

³⁸ Jesus replied, “We must go to the nearby towns, so that I can tell the good news to those people. This is why I have come.”³⁹ Then Jesus went to Jewish meeting places everywhere in Galilee, where he preached and forced out demons.