1 Then Jesus and his followers left that place and went back to his home town called Nazareth.
4 Then Jesus said to them, “If God sends a man to give a message to people that don't know him, those people will respect him. But if God tells a man to give his own countrymen a message, they will not respect him. Even his close family and relations will not listen to him.”
5 The people in his home town did not believe in Jesus, so he could not do any really powerful things for them. But he did touch a few sick people and make them better.
6 He was really shocked that his own people did not trust him, so he left Nazareth, and went to other communities in that country to teach them about God.
12 So they went all over that country, telling everyone to turn around, change their lives and live God's way.
13 The followers sent a lot of bad spirits out of people, and they put olive oil on anyone that was sick and those sick people got better.
30 Some time later, Jesus' 12 close followers came back from teaching people in the towns they visited. They were standing around him and they told him all the things they had done.
31 While they were talking, a lot of other people were coming to see Jesus too. Jesus and his followers were so busy that they did not get a chance to eat anything, so Jesus said, “Let's go away from everyone to a quiet place, and have a rest.”
34 When Jesus and his followers got out of the boat, Jesus looked at all the people waiting for him on the sand, and he was sad for them. They looked like a mob of sheep that had no-one to look after them. So he started to teach them a lot of things about God.
35 At the end of the day, Jesus' followers went to him and said, “It's nearly time for the sun to go down, and nobody lives here.
36 We think you should send the people away so that they can go to a farm or to a town, to buy some food.”
37 Jesus said to them, “No. I want you to give them something to eat.”
38 Jesus said to them, “Go and see how much food you've got.”
41 When everyone was sitting down, Jesus picked up the bread and the fish. He looked up to the sky and said, “Thank you God for this bread and for this fish.” He broke up the bread and the fish, and gave the food to his followers to share with all the people.
45 Straight away, Jesus said to his followers, “I want you to get into the boat and row across the lake to Beth-say-da (Bethsaida). I will see you later.”
46 He said goodbye to them and then he went up into the hills to pray.
47 When night time came, the boat was only half-way across the lake, and Jesus was still back on the land.
48 A strong wind was blowing across the lake and Jesus saw that the men were having a hard time rowing the boat. Just before the sun came up, Jesus walked to them on the water, but it looked like he was going to walk past them. Jesus walked on the water|src="lll7-07 jesus walked on water.tif" size="col" copy="Global Recordings Network ( Australia)" ref="6:48"
53 They came to the country called Gen-ez-a-ret (Gennesaret), and they tied up the boat.Jesus and his followers went across the lake|src="13_Maps_Israel_NT_1024 Lake Galilee.tif" size="col" copy="Richard Davies" ref="6:53"
54 As soon as the people saw them get out of the boat, they knew that it was Jesus.
55 So everywhere Jesus went in that country the people ran to get all the sick people, and then they carried them on mats to Jesus.
56 Jesus went to little towns, and to big towns. And everywhere he went, the people carried their sick friends and put them on the ground in the middle of the town. The sick people asked Jesus if they could touch his clothes, and everyone that touched his clothes got better.