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15 Now the report of his power spread even faster and vast crowds came to hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases. 16 But he often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.

17 One day while he was teaching, some Jewish religious leaders[a] and teachers of the Law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:17 Jewish religious leaders, literally, “Pharisees.”

15 Yet the news about him spread all the more,(A) so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.(B)

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralyzed Man(C)

17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law(D) were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.(E)

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