Jesus stood his ground, and spoke to the evil thing in the man.
"Be quiet," Jesus said, "and come out of that man."
There was another wild shriek and then silence. The man looked around him as though he wondered where he was. He was in his right mind again.
The people were amazed by what they had seen and heard. On the way home from the synagogue they asked each other,
"What kind of preaching is this, which makes a madman well again?"
Before the day was over, word of what Jesus had done had gone all over town.
After the service, Jesus went to Simon's house, and there he found more trouble waiting for him. Simon's wife's mother was sick in bed. Jesus went to her bed-side, and took her hand, and helped her to her feet. All at once the sickness left her, and she was able to prepare the meal.
Jesus could rest in the afternoon, but when the sun went down in the evening he had to go to work again. Everyone had heard of how he cured people who were out of their minds, and of how he was able to heal the sick. As long as the Sabbath lasted, the people had to stay quietly at home. But once the sun had set the Sabbath was over, and they could do as they pleased. It seemed as though the whole town wanted to do only one thing, and that was to go to see Jesus.
A great throng of sick people were soon gathered outside the door of the house, with everyone else in Capernaum looking on. Jesus came out to heal the sick. Darkness fell, and night came on, and still the people pressed around Jesus to have him touch them and make them well. Hour after hour he worked with them, until it was too late to do anything more that night.