Gospel: Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25

¹² Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee;
¹³ and leaving Nazareth he went and dwelt in Caper’na-um by the sea, in the territory of Zeb’ulun and Naph’tali,
¹⁴ that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
¹⁵ ”The land of Zeb’ulun and the land of Naph’tali, toward the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles —
¹⁶ the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.”
¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
²³ And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.
²⁴ So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.
²⁵ And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decap’olis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.