Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal 30 sin: because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

31

And there come his mother and his brethren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him. 82 And a multitude was sitting about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without 33 seek for thee. And he answereth them, and saith, 34 Who is my mother and my brethren? And looking round on them which sat round about him, he saith, 35 Behold, my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

4

And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all 2 the multitude were by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto 3 them in his teaching, Hearken: Behold, the sower went 4 forth to sow: and it came to pass, as he sowed, some.

seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and 5 devoured it. And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it 6 sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because 7 it had no root, it withered away. And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked 8 it, and it yielded no fruit. And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, 9 and a hundredfold. And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when he was alone, they that were about him 11 with the twelve asked of him the parables. And he said unto them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all 12 things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn again, and it 13 should be forgiven them. And he saith unto them,

Know ye not this parable? and how shall ye know all 14 the parables? The sower soweth the word. And these 15 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 sown in them. 16 And these in like manner are they that are sown upon

the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, 17 straightway receive it with joy; and they have no root

in themselves, but endure for a while; then when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, 18 straightway they stumble. And others are they that are

sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard 19 the word, and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering 20 in, choke the word, and 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.

21

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 be 25 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.

26 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 and 28 grow, he knoweth not how. The earth beareth fruit

of herself; first. the blade, then the ear, then the full 29 corn in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the 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? It is

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 birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

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

35 And on that day, when even was come, he saith unto 36 them, Let us go over unto the other side. And leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him. 87 And there ariseth a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the boat, insomuch that the boat was now

38 filling. And he himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion and they awake him, and say unto him, 39 Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful? have ye 41 not yet faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

5 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the 2 country of the Gerasenes. And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs/ 3 a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling

in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, 4 no, not with a chain; because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in 5 pieces and no man had strength to tame him. And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with 6 stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran 7 and worshipped him; and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by 8 God, torment me not. For he said unto him, Come 9 forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man. And he

asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto 10 him, My name is Legion; for we are many. And he

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, that we 13 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 were choked 14 in the sea. And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see 15 what it was that had come to pass. And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with devils sitting, clothed and in his right mind, even him that had 16 the legion; and they were afraid. And they that saw it

declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed 17 with devils, and concerning the swine. And they began 18 to beseech him to depart from their borders. And as he

was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with devils besought him that he might be with him.

19 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 unto 22 him: and he was by the sea. And there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jaïrus by name; and seeing 23 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, 24 that she may be made whole, and live. And he went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they thronged him.

25

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 bettered, 27 but rather grew worse, having heard the things concern

ing Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his 28 garment. For she said, If I touch but his garments, I 29 shall be made whole. And straightway the fountain of

her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that 30 she was healed of her plague. And straightway Jesus,

perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned him about in the crowd, and 31 said, Who touched my garments? And his disciples

said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, 32 and sayest thou, Who touched me? And he looked 33 round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and 34 told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

35

While he yet spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why 36 troublest thou the Master any further? But Jesus, not

heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the 37 synagogue, Fear not, only believe. And he suffered no

man to follow with him, save Peter, and James, and 38 John the brother of James. And they come to the house

of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a 39 tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly. And when he was entered in, he saith unto them, Why make ye a tumult, and weep? the child is not dead, but sleep

40 eth. And they laughed him to 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 41 where the child was. And taking the child by the hand, he saith unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, be42 ing interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, Arise. And straightway the damsel rose up, and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were amazed straight43 way with a great amazement. And he charged them much that no man should know this: and he commanded that something should be given her to eat.

6 And he went out from thence; and he cometh into 2 his own country; and his disciples follow him. And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, Whence hath this man these things? and, What is the wisdom that is given unto this man, and what 3 mean such mighty works wrought by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in 4 him. And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and among 5 his own kin, and in his own house. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands 6 upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he marvelled because of their unbelief.

77

And he went round about the villages teaching.

And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and he gave them 8 authority over the unclean spirits; and he charged them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no bread, no wallet, no money in their 9 purse; but to go shod with sandals: and, said he, put not 10 on two coats. And he said unto them, Wheresoever

ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart thence. 11 And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them. 12 And they went out, and preached that men should 13 repent. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.

14

And king Herod heard thereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in 15 him. But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets. But Herod,