
When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee… From that time, Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!”… He was starting a movement for God’s Kingdom, and he went throughout Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness of the people. So his fame spread… They brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, people possessed by demons or having epilepsy or paralyzed, and he cured them all. And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan River.