King James Bible
"And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan."
Jesus' ministry drew massive crowds, indicating the magnetic power of his teaching and healing. The term 'great multitudes' emphasizes the extraordinary scale of his influence, as people were willing to travel considerable distances to encounter him. Galilee was Jesus' home region and the center of his early ministry, while the Decapolis was a league of ten Hellenistic cities east of the Jordan. This pairing shows Jesus attracting both Jewish populations from Galilee and Gentile-influenced communities from the Greek cities. People came from the religious heartland of Jerusalem and broader Judaea in the south, as well as from Perea ('beyond Jordan') to the east. This geographic sweep demonstrates Jesus' fame had spread throughout all Jewish territories, creating a movement that transcended regional boundaries.