Verse 2

A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 4:24-25 : 24 So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them. 25 And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River.
  • Matt 12:15 : 15 God’s Special Servant Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.
  • John 2:11 : 11 Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.