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12 him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he rebuked them much that they should not make him known. And he goes up to the mountain, and calls unto him. whom he himself would, and they went away unto him. 14 And he appointed twelve, that they should be with him, 15 and that he should send them forth to preach, and to have 16 authority to cast out the demons. And he appointed the 17 twelve, and gave the name Peter to Simon; and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he gave them names, Boanerges, which is, sons of thunder; 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew,

and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thad19 daeus, and Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up.

20 And he comes into an house. And a multitude comes together again, so that they could not so much as eat 21 bread. And when his friends heard of it they went out to lay hold of him; for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons casts 23 he out the demons. And he called them unto him and

said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out 24 Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that 25 kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against 26 itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan rose up against himself, he was divided and cannot stand, 27 but has an end. But no one can enter into the strong man's house, and thoroughly plunder his goods, except he shall first have bound the strong man; and then he will 28 thoroughly plunder his house. Verily I say unto you, all things shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, the sins 29 and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme: but whosoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has never forgiveness, but will be liable to everlasting sin. 30 Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

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And his mother comes and his brethren, and standing 32 without sent unto him, calling him. And a multitude was sitting about him, and, they say unto him, Behold, thy

mother and thy brethren and thy sisters without are seeking thee. And he answered them and says, Who is my 33 mother and my brethren? And he looked round about on 34 them which sat in a circle about him and says, Behold my mother and my brethren! Whosoever shall have done the 35 will of God, the same is my brother and sister and mother. CH. AND he began again to teach by the sea side. And there IV. is gathered together unto him a very great multitude, so that he went into a ship and sat in the sea; and all the multitude was by the sea on the land. And he was teach- 2 ing them many things in parables, and was saying unto them in his teaching, Hear. Behold, the sower went forth 3 to sow. And it came to pass, as he sowed, one fell by the 4 way side, and the birds came and devoured it. And another 5 fell on the rocky place, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth; and when the sun rose, it was scorched; and 6 because it had no root, it withered. And another fell into 7 the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And others fell into the good earth, and 8 yielded fruit, coming up and increasing; and it brought forth unto thirty, and unto sixty, and unto an hundredfold. And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. 9 And when he was alone, they that were about him with 10 the twelve were asking him the parables. And he said unto 11 them, Unto you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables, in order that seeing they may see and not 12 perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest they turn and it be forgiven them. And he 13 says unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all the parables? The sower sows the word. And 14, 15 these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, Satan comes straightway and takes away the word sown in them. And these are they 16 in like manner who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straightway with joy receive it; and have no root in themselves but continue 17

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only for a while; afterward, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, straightway they are offended. 18 And others are they who are sown upon the thorns; these 19 are they that heard the word, and the anxieties of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts about other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes 20 unfruitful. And these are they who were sown on the good earth; who hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in an hundred fold. 21 And he said unto them, Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel, or under the bed? Is it not to be put on 22 the lamp-stand? For there is nothing hid, except that it should be manifested; nor was it done in secret, but that 23 it should come to light. If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.

24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you, 25 and it shall be added unto you. For he that has, to him will be given and he that has not, even that which he has will be taken from him.

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And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 27 should cast the seed upon the earth; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and 28 lengthen, he knows not how. The earth brings forth fruit of itself, first blade, then ear; then corn is full 29 in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

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And he said, How must we liken the kingdom of God? 31 or in what comparison must we put it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is 32 less than all the seeds that are on the earth; and when it is sown, it comes up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and makes great branches; so that the birds of the air are able to lodge under the shadow thereof.

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And with many such parables spake he the word unto 34 them, as they were able to hear; but without a parable was he not speaking unto them: and he explained all to his own disciples apart.

And on that day, when evening was come, he says unto 35 them, Let us pass over unto the opposite shore. And 36 when they sent the multitude away, they take him with them as he was in the ship, and there were also with him other ships. And there arises a great storm of wind, 37 and the waves were rushing into the ship, so that the ship was now filling. And he was in the hinder part asleep 38 on the cushion: and they awake him and say unto him, Teacher, carest thou not that we are perishing? And 39 being awaked, he rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and a great calm took place. And he said unto them, Why are ye so 40 fearful? how is it that ye have not faith? And they 41 feared exceedingly, 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 unto the opposite shore of the sea, into V. the country of the Gerasenes. And when he came out of 2 the ship, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling in the 3 tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, even with a chain; because he had been often bound with fetters and 4 chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces; neither could any one tame him; and always, night and day, in the tombs and 5 on the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and 6 worshipped him and cried with a loud voice, and says, 7 What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. For 8 he said unto it, Come out of the man, unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? and he says unto 9 him, My name is Legion, for we are many. And he 10 besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. Now there was there nigh unto the 11 mountain a great herd of swine feeding; and they 12 besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. And he permitted them. And the 13 unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and

the herd rushed down the steep into the sea (about two 14 thousand), and were choked in the sea. And the keepers of them fled, and told it in the city and in the fields; and 15 they went to see what was done. And they come to Jesus, and behold the demoniac who had the legion, sitting, 16 clothed, and of sound mind; and they were afraid. And they that saw told them how it befell the demoniac, and 17 concerning the swine. And they began to beseech him to 18 depart from their borders. And as he was embarking

in the ship, the demoniac besought him that he might be 19 with him. And he allowed him not, but says unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them what things the Lord 20 has done to thee and had mercy on thee. And he went away, and began to proclaim in Decapolis what things Jesus did to him, and all marvelled.

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And when Jesus passed over in the ship unto the opposite shore again, a great multitude was gathered together unto 22 him; and he was by the sea side. And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when 23 he saw him he falls at his feet and beseeches him much, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be saved and 24 live. And he went away with him; and a great multitude 25 were following him and they were thronging him. And a 26 woman who had an issue of blood twelve years, and suffered much by many physicians, and spent all she had, and was 27 nothing bettered but rather grew worse, when she heard

of Jesus, came in the multitude behind, and touched his 28 garment; for she said, If I may but have touched his gar29 ments, I shall be saved. And straightway the fountain of

her blood was dried up; and she knew in her body that she 30 was cured of the plague. And straightway Jesus knew fully in himself the power that went out of him, and turned him about in the multitude and said, Who touched my 31 garments? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest

the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who 32 touched me? And he looked round about to see her that 33 did this thing. But the woman afraid and trembling,