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lake; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from beyond the Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many; so that as many as had plagues pressed upon him to touch him. And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell 11 before him, and cried, saying; Thou art the son of God.' And he straitly charged them that they should not 12 make him known.

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And he goeth up the mountain, and calleth those whom 13 he would; and they went out unto him. And he ap- 14 pointed twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to 15 heal sicknesses and to cast out demons. And Simon he 16 surnamed Peter; and James the son of Zebedee, and John 17 the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder; and Andrew, and Philip, and 18 Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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And they went into a house. And the crowd again 20 cometh together, so that they could not even eat bread. And when his friends heard, they went out to lay hold on 21 him; for they said; 'He is beside himself.' And the 22 scribes that came down from Jerusalem, said; 'He hath 'Beelzebub,' and, By the prince of the demons he 'casteth out the demons.' And he called them, and said 23 unto them in parables; 'How can Satan cast out Satan? 'And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that king- 24 'dom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against 25 'itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up 26 ' against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but 'hath an end. No one can enter into the Strong One's 27 'house and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the Strong One; and then he will plunder his house. Verily 28 I say unto you, that all sins will be forgiven to the sons ' of men, and the blasphemies wherewith soever they shall 'blaspheme; but he that shall blaspheme against the holy 29 spirit, hath no forgiveness till the end of the world, but

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His mother and his brethren then came, and standing. 32 without, sent unto him, calling him. And a crowd sat

round him; and they said unto him; 'Behold, thy 33 'mother and thy brethren seek for thee without.' And he answered them, saying; 'Who is my mother, or my 34 'brethren?' And looking round on those who sat about him, he saith; 'Behold my mother and my brethren; 35 for whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my 'brother, and my sister, and mother.'

1 And he began again to teach by the lake's side; and there was gathered unto him a great crowd, so that he entered into the boat, and sat on the lake; and the whole 2 crowd was by the lake on the land. And he taught them

many things by parables, and said unto them in his teach34 ing; 'Hearken; Behold, the sower went out to sow; and

it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the road side, 5 ' and the fowls came and ate it up. And some fell on 'stony places, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up immediately, because it had no depth of earth; 6 'but when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because 7 'it had no root, it withered away. And some fell among

'thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it 8 'yielded no fruit. And others fell on good ground, and 'yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought 'forth, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.' And he said; 'He that 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 parable. And he said

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unto them; To you it is given to know the mystery of 'the kingdom of God; but to 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 they should be converted, and their sins 'should be forgiven them.' And he saith unto them; Know ye not this parable? And how will ye know 14 all the parables? The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the road side; where the word 'is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan cometh, ' and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are in like wise those sown on the stony

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'places; who, when they hear the word, receive it immediately with gladness; and have no root in themselves, 17 'but are short lived; afterwards, when tribulation or 'persecution cometh because of the word, immediately they stumble. And others are those sown among the 18 thorns; these are they that hear the word; and the cares 19 ' of the age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts after other things, entering in, choke the word, and it 'becometh unfruitful. And these are those sown on the 20 'good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and 'bring forth fruit, one thirty, one sixty, and one a hundred.' And he said unto them; Is the lamp brought to be put 21 'under the bushel, or under the bed, and not to be set on the lamp-stand? For there is nothing hid which will 22 not be shown; nor was there any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. If any one hath ears to 23 'hear, let him hear.' And he said unto them; Take 24 'heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it will 'be measured to you. For he that hath, to him will be 25 'given; and he that hath not, from him will be taken even 'what he hath.' And he said; 'So is the kingdom of 26 'God, as if a man should cast seed upon the ground; and 27 'should sleep and rise, night and day, and the seed spring ' up and grow, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth 28 'forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, then 'the full grain in the ear. And when the fruit is brought 29 'forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the 'harvest is come. And he said; 'Whereunto shall we 30 'liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we 'put it? It is like a grain of mustard, which when it is 31 sown on the earth, is less than all the seeds that are on 'the earth; and when it is sown, it cometh up, and be- 32 'cometh greater than all herbs, and maketh great branches, so that the fowls of the air may lodge under its shade.' And with many such parables spake he the word unto 33 them, according as they were able to hear it. And 34 without a parable spake he not unto them; and he expounded all things to his disciples apart.

And on the same day, when it was evening, he saith 35 unto them; 'Let us pass over to the other side.' And 36 when they had sent away the crowd they took him as he was in the boat. And there were also with him other

37 boats. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the 38 waves beat into the boat, so that it was now filling. And

he was in the stern, asleep on the pillow; and they rouse him, and say unto him; Teacher, carest thou not that 39 'we perish?' And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea; 'Peace, be still.' And the wind ceased, 40 and there was a great calm. And he said unto them; 'Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no 'faith?' And they feared with a great fear, and said one to another; 'Who then is this, that even the wind and 'the sea obey him?'

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And they came to the other side of the lake, into the 2 country of the Gadarenes. And as he came out of the

boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man 3 with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling in the tombs ; 4 and no one could bind him even with chains; because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters 5 broken; and no one had strength to tame him. And he was always, night and day, in the tombs and on the mountains, crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped 7 him; and cried with a loud voice, and said; 'What have 'I to do with thee, Jesus, thou son of the most high 'God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me 8 'not.' (For he said unto him; 'Come out of the man, 9 'thou unclean spirit.') And he asked him; 'What is

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'thy name?' And he saith unto him; 'My name is 10 'Legion, for we are many.' And he besought him much that he would not send them out of the country. Now there was there by the mountain a great herd of swine 12 feeding; and the demons besought him, saying; 'Send 13 us into the swine, that we may enter into them.' And

forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake; and they were about two thousand, and they were drowned in the lake. 14 And they that fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what was And they come to Jesus, and see the demoniac, that had the legion, sitting and clothed, and in his right 16 mind; and they were afraid. And they that had seen it

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told them how it befel to the demoniac, and about the swine. And they began to pray him to depart from 17 their neighbourhood. And when he was come into the 18 boat, he that had been a demoniac prayed him that he might be with him. And he suffered him not, but saith 19 unto him; 'Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had 'pity on thee.' And he departed, and began to publish 20 in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all men marvelled.

And when Jesus had again passed over in the boat to 21 the other side, a great crowd was gathered unto him; and he was by the lake's side. And behold, there cometh 22 one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him he fell at his feet, and besought him 23 greatly, saying; 'My little daughter is at the point of 'death; come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be 'healed; and she will live.' And he went with him; and 24 a great crowd followed him and thronged him. And a 25 certain woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered much under many physicians, and had 26 spent her all, and was nothing bettered, but had rather got worse, having heard about Jesus, came in the crowd 27 behind, and touched his cloak. For she said; 'If I may 28 'but touch his clothes I shall be healed.' And straight- 29 way her flow of blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And straight- 30 way Jesus, knowing in himself that power had gone out of him, turned round in the crowd, and said; Who 'touched my clothes?' And his disciples said unto him; 31 'Thou seest the crowd thronging thee, and sayest thou, 'Who touched me?' And he looked round to see her that 32 had done this. And the woman fearing and trembling, 33 knowing what was done in her, came and fell before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her; 34 Daughter, thy faith hath healed thee; go in peace, and 'be whole of thy plague.' While he was yet speaking, 35 there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house some who said; Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou, 'the Teacher any further?' And as soon as Jesus heard 36 the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue; 'Be not afraid, only believe.' And he suffered 37