Healings at Gennesaret^(A)

³⁴ When they had crossed the lake, they came to shore at Gennesaret. ³⁵ When the ·people there [or men of that place] recognized Jesus, they ·told people [sent word] all around there that Jesus had come, and they brought all their sick to him. ³⁶ They begged Jesus to let them touch just the ·edge [or tassels; see Num. 15:38–39] of his ·coat [cloak], and all who touched it were healed.

⁵³ When they had crossed the lake, they came to shore at Gennesaret [^Ceither the plain on the northwestern shore of the lake, or a town in that region] and tied the boat there. ⁵⁴ When they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus. ⁵⁵ They ran everywhere in that ·area [region] and began to bring sick people on ·mats [cots] wherever they heard he was. ⁵⁶ And everywhere he went—into towns, cities, or countryside—the people brought the sick to the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch just the ·edge [fringe; tassels] of his coat, and all who touched it were healed.

The People Seek Jesus

²² The next day the ·people [^Lcrowd] who had stayed on the ·other [opposite] side of the ·lake [sea] knew that Jesus had not gone in the boat with his ·followers [disciples] but that they had left ·without him [^Lalone]. And they ·knew [^Lsaw] that only one boat had been there. ²³ But then some boats came from Tiberias [^Ca major city on the western shore of Lake Galilee] and landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. ²⁴ When the ·people [^Lcrowd] saw that Jesus and his ·followers [disciples] were not there now, they got into boats and went to Capernaum to find Jesus.

Jesus, the Bread of Life

²⁵ When ·the people [^Lthey] found Jesus on the ·other [opposite] side of the ·lake [sea], they asked him, “·Teacher [^LRabbi], when did you come here?”