7  And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, 8  and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan; and they of around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, having heard what things he did, came to him. 9  And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him. 10  For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues. 11  And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12  And he rebuked them much, that they might not make him manifest.

13  And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him. 14  And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach, 15  and to have power to heal diseases, and to cast out demons. 16  And he gave to Simon the surname of Peter; 17  and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he gave them the surname of Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder; 18  and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19  and Judas Iscariote, who also delivered him up. And they come to the house. 20  And again a crowd comes together, so that they cannot even eat bread. 21  And his relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

22  And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons. 23  And having called them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24  And if a kingdom has become divided against itself, that kingdom cannot subsist. 25  And if a house has become divided against itself, that house cannot subsist. 26  And if Satan rise up against himself, and is divided, he cannot subsist, but has an end. 27  But no one can, having entered into his house, plunder the goods of the strong man unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. 28  Verily I say unto you, that all sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and all the injurious speeches with which they may speak injuriously; 29  but whosoever shall speak injuriously against the Holy Spirit, to eternity has no forgiveness; but lies under the guilt of an everlasting sin; 30  —because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

31  And his brethren and his mother come, and standing without sent to him calling him. 32  And a crowd sat around him. And they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren seek thee without. 33  And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother or my brethren? 34  And looking around in a circuit at those that were sitting around him, he says, Behold my mother and my brethren: 35  for whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Chapter 4

1  And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land. 2  And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine, 3   Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow. 4  And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it. 5  And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth; 6  and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered. 7  And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8  And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred. 9  And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. 10  And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables. 11  And he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them who are without, all things are done in parables, 12  that beholding they may behold and not see, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest it may be, they should be converted and they should be forgiven. 13  And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables? 14  The sower sows the word: 15  and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16  And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy, 17  and they have no root in themselves, but are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended. 18  And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word, 19  and the cares of life, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20  And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.

21  And he said to them, Does the lamp come that it should be put under the bushel or under the couch? Is it not that it should be set upon the lamp-stand? 22  For there is nothing hidden which shall not be made manifest; nor does any secret thing take place, but that it should come to light. 23  If any one have ears to hear, let him hear. 24  And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be more added to you. 25  For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him. 26  And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth, 27  and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how. 28  The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear. 29  But when the fruit is produced, immediately he sends the sickle, for the harvest is come. 30  And he said, How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison should we compare it? 31  As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth, 32  and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow. 33  And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear, 34  but without a parable spoke he not to them; and in private he explained all things to his disciples.

35  And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them, Let us go over to the other side: 36  and having sent away the crowd, they take him with them, as he was, in the ship. But other ships also were with him. 37  And there comes a violent gust of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it already filled. 38  And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion. And they awake him up and say to him, Teacher, dost thou not care that we are perishing? 39  And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm. 40  And he said to them, Why are ye thus fearful? how is it ye have not faith? 41  And they feared with great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

Chapter 5

1  And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. 2  And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit, 3  who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains; 4  because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him. 5  And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones. 6  But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage, 7  and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not. 8  For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man. 9  And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many. 10  And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11  Now there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding; 12  and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them. 13  And Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep slope, into the sea (about two thousand), and were choked in the sea. 14  And those that were feeding them fled and reported it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had taken place. 15  And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting and clothed and sensible, him that had had the legion: and they were afraid. 16  And they that had seen it related to them how it had happened to the man possessed by demons, and concerning the swine. 17  And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts. 18  And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him. 19  And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee. 20  And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and …