Pharisees went out, |14 But the Pharisees | they were filled and straightway with| went out, and took | with [2]madness; the Herodians took | counsel against him,| and communed one counsel against him,| how they might | with another what how they might | destroy him. | they might do to destroy him.[b] | | Jesus. [Footnote 1: Gr. _Arise into the midst_.] [Footnote 2: Or, _foolishness_.] [Footnote a: On three other later occasions controversies arise with the Pharisees concerning Sabbath observance (John 9:1-34; Luke 13:10-21; 14:1-24). In John 7:20-24 Jesus refers to the miracle in John 5 and adds another argument (circumcision on the Sabbath) for his conduct on the Sabbath.] [Footnote b: Here at some point near the sea of Galilee, there is already a plot to kill him, as some had wished to do in Jerusalem (comp. on § 49).] _In sections 52 to 54 we see Christ choosing the Twelve Apostles and delivering the Sermon on the Mount to them and to the multitudes._ § 52. JESUS TEACHES AND HEALS GREAT MULTITUDES BY THE SEA OF GALILEE Mark 3:7-12 |Matt. 12:15-21 | 7 And Jesus with his disciples |15 And Jesus perceiving _it_ withdrew to the sea: and a | withdrew from thence: and many great multitude from Galilee | followed him; 8 followed: and from Judea, and | from Jerusalem, and from | Idumæa, and beyond Jordan, and | about Tyre and Sidon,[a] a | great multitude, hearing | [2]what great things he did, | 9 came unto him. And he spake to | his disciples, that a little | boat should wait on him because| of the crowd, lest they should | 10 throng him: for he had healed | and he healed them all, many; insomuch that as many as | had [3]plagues [4]pressed upon | him that they might touch him. | 11 And the unclean spirits, | whensoever they beheld him, | fell down before him, and | cried, saying, Thou art the Son| 12 of God. And he charged them | much that they should not make |16 and charged them that him known. | they should not make him known: |17 that it might be fulfilled | which was spoken [1]by | Isaiah[b] the prophet, saying, |18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; | My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: | I will put my Spirit upon him, | And he shall declare judgement to the Gentiles. |19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; | Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. |20 A bruised reed shall he not break,