And there come his mother and his brethren; and, 31 standing without, they sent unto him, calling him. And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say 32 unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. And he answereth them, and saith, 33 Who is my mother and my brethren? And looking 34 round on them which sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren! For whosoever 35 shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And again he began to teach by the sea side. And 4 there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. And he 2 taught them many things in parables, and said unto 'them in his teaching, Hearken: Behold, the sower 3 went forth to sow and it came to pass, as he sowed, 4 some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it. And other fell on the rocky ground, 5 where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth and 6 when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. And other fell 7 among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And others fell into the s good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. And he said, Who hath ears to 9 hear, let him hear.

And when he was alone, they that were about him 10 with the twelve asked of him the parables. And he 11 said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, 12 and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it should be forgiven them. And he saith unto them, 13 Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all the parables? The sower soweth the word. And 14,15 these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh

Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been 16 sown in them. And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway receive it with joy; 17 and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth 18 because of the word, straightway they stumble. And others are they that are sown among the thorns; 19 these are they that have heard the word, and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the or, age lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and 20 it becometh unfruitful. And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.

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And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be 22 put on the stand? For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made 23 secret, but that it should come to light. If any man 24 hath ears to hear, let him hear. And he said unto

them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you and more shall 25 be given unto you. For he that hath, to him shall be given and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

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And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 27 should cast seed upon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up 28 and grow, he knoweth not how. The earth 2 beareth Or,yieldeth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the 29 full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, eth straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the Or,sendeth harvest is come.

30

And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of 31 God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?

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forth

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like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds 32 that are upon the earth, yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the

1 Or, Teacher.

birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

And with many such parables spake he the word 33 unto them, as they were able to hear it: and without 34 a parable spake he not unto them: but privately to his own disciples he expounded all things.

saith 35 And 36

And on that day, when even was come, he unto them, Let us go over unto the other side. leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him. And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and 37 the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now filling. And he himself was in the stern, asleep 38 on the cushion: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And 39 he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are 40 ye fearful? have ye not yet faith? And they feared 41 exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

And they came to the other side of the sea, into the 5 country of the Gerasenes. And when he was come 2 out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his 3 dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain; because that he had 4 been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces and no man had strength to tame him. And always, night and day, in the tombs and in 5 the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he 6 ran and worshipped him; and crying out with a loud 7 voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. For he said unto him, Come 8 forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. And he 9 asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many. And he 10 besought him much that he would not send them

11 away out of the country. Now there was there on the 12 mountain side a great herd of swine feeding. And

they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, 13 that we may enter into them. And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, in number about two thousand; and they 14 were choked in the sea. And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they 15 came to see what it was that had come to pass. they come to Jesus, and behold him, that was pos-Or, the sessed with devils sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had the legion: and they were 16 afraid. And they that saw it declared unto them how

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it befell him that was possessed with devils, and con17 cerning the swine. And they began to beseech him to 18 depart from their borders. And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with 2 devils Gr 19 besought him that he might be with him. And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on 20 thee. And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

21 And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat unto the other side, a great multitude was gathered 22 unto him: and he was by the sea. And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jaïrus by name; 23 and seeing him, he falleth at his feet, and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee, that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live. Or, saved 24 And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.

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And a woman, which had an issue of blood twelve 26 years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing 27 bettered, but rather grew worse, having heard the

things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, 28 and touched his garment. For she said, If I touch

3

2 Gr. scourge.

Or, saved but his garments, I shall be 'made whole. And straight- 29 way the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her 2 plague. And straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the 30 power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments? And his disciples said unto him, Thou 31 seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked round about to 32 see her that had done this thing. But the woman 33 fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith 34 Or, saved hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy 2 plague.

thee

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While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the 35 synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? But Jesus, 36 not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe. And he s suffered no man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. And they 38 come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly. And when he was entered in, he saith unto 39 them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to 40 scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was. And 41 taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel. I say unto thee, Arise. And straightway the damsel rose up, and 42 walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed straightway with a great amazement. And he 43 charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that something should be given her

to eat.

And he went out from thence; and he cometh into 6 his own country; and his disciples follow him. And 2 when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the