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From then on the first five disciples were constantly at His side, serving and helping when He would let them. They saw Him heal and exorcise and teach until they feared He would faint with fatigue. At such times He would invariably go off by Himself to a desert spot; from such brief sessions of solitary prayer He would come back invigorated, as if within the space of an hour He had concentrated the benefit of a rest cure or a whole summer's vacation.
The five friends could not restore themselves. They were tired out when finally Jesus had completed His tour of the lake cities, but He came back to Capernaum the very image of strong, magnetic health.