9. Peter and everyone with him were completely surprised at all the fish they had caught.
10. His partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were surprised too.Jesus told Simon, “Don't be afraid! From now on you will bring in people instead of fish.”
11. The men pulled their boats up on the shore. Then they left everything and went with Jesus.
12. Jesus came to a town where there was a man who had leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he knelt down on the ground in front of Jesus and begged, “Lord, you have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”
13. Jesus put his hand on him and said, “I want to! Now you are well.” At once the man's leprosy disappeared.
14. Jesus told him, “Don't tell anyone about this, but go and show yourself to the priest. Offer a gift to the priest, just as Moses commanded, and everyone will know that you have been healed.”
15. News about Jesus kept spreading. Large crowds came to listen to him teach and to be healed of their diseases.
16. But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.
17. One day some Pharisees and experts in the Law of Moses sat listening to Jesus teach. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem.God had given Jesus the power to heal the sick,