those whom he would: and they came to him.

14 And he ordained twelve, whom also he called Apostles, (that is, Sent,) who should be with him, and whom he might send forth to preach; and to have power to cast out devils: 15 and he appointed the twelve; and gave to Simon John, i. 42. the surname Peter;

16 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and gave to them the surnames Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder:

17 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

18 And they went into a house; and the multitude again collected together, so that they were not able even to eat bread:

19 and when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.

20 And the scribes, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, That he hath Beelzebub, and that he casteth out the devils by the prince of the devils :

21 and he called them to him, and said to them, in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

22 for, if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

23 and if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand:

24 and if Satan rise up, and be divided against himself, he cannot stand, but cometh to an end:

25 no one can enter a strong man's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man; and then he may plunder his house.

26 Verily I tell you, All sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and all other blasphemies which they shall have spoken: 27 but, he who shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of eternal sin:

28 (because they said, He hath an unclean spirit).

29 And his mother and his brethren came, and, standing without, sent to him, calling for him; and a crowd was sitting round him:

30 and they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are seeking thee

without:

31 but he answered them, and said, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

32 and looking round on those who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother, and my brethren!

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33 for, whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER IV.

AND he began again to

teach by the sea side: and a great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into the ship, and sat on the sea; and the whole multitude were by the sea, on the land.

2 And he taught them many things in parables: and, in his teaching, he said to them,

3 Hearken: Behold, a sower went out to sow :

4 and it came to pass, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it:

5 and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it immediately sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

6 but when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away:

7 and some fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit:

8 and others fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that grew up and increased; and brought forth, some thirtyfold, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

9 and he said, He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when he was alone, they that were about him, with the twelve, asked him concerning the parables :

11 and he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them that are without, all things are spoken in parables : 12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them.

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13 And he said to them, Understand ye not this parable? c. vii. 18. how then shall ye understand any parables?

14 The sower, soweth the word:

15 and those, where the word is sown by the way-side, are they from whom, when they have heard it, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that had been sown in them:

16 and, in like manner, those which are sown on the stony ground, are they who, when they have heard the word, receive it at first with joy;

17 but, having no root in themselves, they endure only for a season afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth on account of the word, they presently stumble :

18 and there are others, which are sown among the thorns; these are they that hear the word;

19 but the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful: 20 and those which are sown on good ground, are they who hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

21 And he said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under the bushel, or under the bed? is it not that it may be set on its stand?

22 for, nothing is hidden that shall not be manifested; nor hath any thing been kept secret, but that it may be brought to light:

23 if any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

24 And he saith to them, Take heed, what ye hear: with hear with whatever measure ye measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be added to you:

25 for, to him who hath, shall more be given: and from him who hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.

26 And he said, The kingdom of God is as a man who casteth seed on the earth:

27 and he sleepeth, and waketh, night and day, and the seed springeth up and groweth, he knoweth not how : 28 the earth bringeth forth its fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear;

29 but when the fruit yieldeth itself, the reaper immediately putteth in the sickle, because Rev. xiv. 15. the harvest is come.

30 And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or by what parable shall we represent it?

31 it is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are on the earth;

32 but, when it hath been sown, it groweth up, and becometh the greatest of all herbs; and shooteth out branches, so that the birds of the air are able to lodge under its shade. 33 And in many such parables he spake the word to them, according as they were able to hear; and without a parable he spake it not to them:

34 but, when they were apart, he expounded all things to his disciples.

35 And the same day, when it was evening, he saith to them, Let us pass over to the other side;

36 and when they had dismissed the multitude, they

took him in the ship in which he was, though other ships also were with him.

37 And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was now filled:

38 and he was in the stern of the ship, sleeping on the seat and they awake him, and say to him, Master, carest thou not whether we perish?

39 and he arose, and rebuked the wind; and said to the sea, Peace, be still: and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

40 And he said to them, Why are ye fearful? have ye yet no faith?

41 and they were greatly terrified; and said one to another, Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

CHAPTER V.

AND they went over to the

other side of the sea, to

the country of the Gerasenes. 2 And as he landed from the ship, a man with an unclean spirit met him, who came out of the tombs;

3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could ever bind him, even with chains:

4 for he had been often bound with fetters and chains,

yet the chains had been forced asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces and no one was able to tame him:

5 and he was always in the tombs, and in the mountains, night and day, crying out, and cutting himself against the

stones.

6 And seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran, and worshipped him;

7 and crying out with a loud. voice, 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 not:

8 for he had said to it, Thou unclean spirit, come out of the man!

9 and he asked it, What is thy name? and it saith to him, My name is Legion: for we are many:

10 and it besought him earnestly, that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 And a great herd of swine was feeding there, near the mountains:

12 and they besought him, saying, Send us to the swine, that we may enter into them: and he suffered them to go: 13 and the unclean spirits came out, and went into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. 14 And they that fed them

fled, and told it in the city, and in the country: and they went out to see what it was that had been done :

15 and they came to Jesus; and saw him who had been possessed by the devil (who had had the Legion), sitting clothed, and with a sound mind; and they were terrified.

16 And they that saw it, told them how it had befallen him who was possessed by the devil, and also concerning the swine:

17 and they began to beseech him, to depart out of their borders.

18 And as he was entering the ship, he who had been possessed by the devil besought him, that he might be with him:

19 but he suffered him not; but saith to him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee, and that he hath had compassion on thee:

20 and he went away, and began to publish in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him: and they all marvelled.

21 And when Jesus had passed over again in the ship to the other side, a great multitude gathered to him: and he was by the sea:

22 and one of the rulers of the synagogue came, by name

Jairus; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

23 and besought him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I beseech thee to come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and live:

24 and Jesus went with him; and a great multitude followed him, and pressed on him.

25 And a woman, who had had an issue of blood for twelve years, and had suffered much from many physicians;

26 and though she had spent all she had, was in nothing benefited, but rather grew

worse;

27 having heard the things told of Jesus, came behind. him in the crowd and touched his garment:

28 for she said, If I can but touch his garment, I shall be healed:

29 and the source of her blood was immediately dried up; and she felt in her body that she was cured of the scourge.

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned. about in the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments?

31 and his disciples said to him, Thou seest the multitude pressing thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

32 and he looked round, to see her who had done this: