20. Immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
21. Then they went into Capernaum, and right away He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
22. They were astonished at His teaching because, unlike the scribes, He was teaching them as one having authority.
23. Just then a man with an unclean spirit was in their synagogue. He cried out,
24. “What do You have to do with us, Jesus — Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God! ”
25. But Jesus rebuked him and said, “Be quiet, and come out of him! ”
26. And the unclean spirit convulsed him, shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.
27. Then they were all amazed, so they began to argue with one another, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”
28. News about Him then spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.
29. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew’s house with James and John.
30. Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told Him about her at once.