3 "Listen! behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed it came to pass that

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Some seed fell along the path,

And the birds came and ate it up.

And some other seed fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth,

And shot up immediately because it had no depth of earth;

But when the sun rose it was scorched,

And because it had no root, it withered away.

And some other seed fell among the thorns,

And the thorns came up and choked it; so it produced no crop.
And some other seeds fell into the good soil,

And as they came up and grew they produced a crop,
Yea, they bore thirty, sixty, and a hundred fold."

9, 10 And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

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when he was alone, his associates and the twelve questioned him about the 11 parables. Then said he to them,

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"To you is the secret of God's reign given,

But to those outside everything is imparted by way of parables:
That they may see and see, yet not perceive,

And hear and hear, yet not understand,

Lest haply they should turn again and be forgiven.”

13 And he says to them, "Do you not understand this parable? Then 14 how are you to understand all the parables? The sower is sowing the 15 word. The following are the people who are along the path,' where the word is sown-when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and 16 takes away the word sown among them. And in the same way the following are those who are 'sown upon the rocky places'-people who, when 17 they have heard the word, accept it immediately with joy; yet have no root in themselves, they last merely for a time; then, at the rise of dis18 tress or persecution for the word, they are immediately repelled. And others are those who are 'sown among the thorns': they are people 19 who have heard the word, yet the anxieties of the world and the deceit of riches and all the rest of the desires enter in to choke the word; and it 20 becomes unfruitful. And these are those who were 'sown upon the good soil-people who hear the word and admit it, and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundred fold."

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"Is the lamp brought to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand?

For nothing is hidden except to be disclosed,

And nothing has been concealed save that it should come to view.

23, 24 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

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"Take heed what you hear.

With what measure you measure,

And he said to them,

it shall be measured to you, and added to you besides. For he who has,

to him shall be given

And he who has not,

from him shall be taken even what he has."

26 And he said, "So is the reign of God as though a man should cast his seed 27 upon the earth, and sleep and rise by night and by day, while the seed 28 sprouts and springs up-he knows not how. The earth produces crops by 29 herself, first the blade, then the ear, then the grain full in the ear. But

when the crop admits of it, he has the sickle put in immediately, because the
30 harvest has arrived."
He said also,

"How are we to get comparisons for the reign of God?
Or in what parable shall we set it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard-seed: when sown upon the earth it is
32 smaller than any seed upon the earth, and yet when sown it comes
up to be greater than all the vegetables, throwing out great branches,
33 so that the birds of the air can rest under its shadow." And with
many parables like these he spoke the word to them, as they were able to
34 understand it; except in parable he did not speak to them. In private,
however, he explained everything to his own disciples.

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And on that day at evening he says to them, "Let us cross to the
36 opposite side." So leaving the crowd they take him with them in the
37 boat, just as he was, accompanied by other boats. And a great squall of
wind rises; and the waves began to beat into the boat, so that the boat
38 was already filling. And he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. So
they wake him and say to him, "Teacher, carest thou not that we are
39 perishing?" Then awakening he rebuked the wind and said to the sea,
"Peace! silence!" And the wind dropped, and there was a great calm.
40 Then he said to them, "Why are you timid? have you no faith yet?"
41 And they feared greatly, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?"

51 And they reached the opposite side of the sea, the country of the
2 Gerasenes. And when he stepped out of the boat he was immediately
3 met by a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit, who had his dwell-
ing in the tombs. And no man could bind him any longer, not even
4 with a chain, for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and
the chains had been torn asunder by him and the fetters broken to pieces;
5 and no man had strength to tame him. And all the time, night and
day, among the tombs and among the mountains he kept shouting and
6 gashing himself with stones. And on seeing Jesus from afar he ran
7 and did him reverence, shouting with a loud voice, "What have I to do
with thee, Jesus, Son of the most High God? I adjure thee by God,
8 torment me not!" (For Jesus was saying to him, "Evil spirit, leave
9 the man.") Then he questioned him, "What is thy name?'
And
10 he says to him, "Legion' is my name, for we are many." And they
11 repeatedly besought him not to send them away from the country. Now
12 a large drove of swine was there, grazing on the mountain side; so

they besought him, "Send us into the swine, that we may enter them."
13 And he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits went out and
entered the swine; and the drove, about two thousand in number, rushed
14 down the steep slope into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. And
the herdsmen fled and brought word of it to the city and the hamlets.
15 And the people came to see what had happened. And they come to
Jesus and see the man who had been possessed by daemons sitting, clothed
16 and sane, the man who had had the "legion." And they were afraid. And
those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the man who
17 had been possessed by daemons and all about the swine. And they started
18 to appeal to him to depart from their territory. And as he was entering
the boat, the man who had been possessed by daemons besought him that he
19 might accompany him. But he would not allow him. "Go home to thy
people," says he to him, "and relate to them all that the Lord has done for
20 thee, and all his pity for thee." So he departed and began to proclaim in
the Dekapolis region all that Jesus had done for him. And all marvelled.

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And when Jesus again crossed over in the boat to the opposite side a large crowd had gathered to meet him; so he remained beside the sea. 22 Then there comes one of the presidents of the synagogue, Jaeiros by 23 name; and on seeing him he falls at his feet repeatedly, beseeching him with the words, "My little daughter is at the point of death. O come 24 and lay thy hands on her, that she may be restored to life!" Then he went away with him. And a large crowd followed him, and people were 25 pressing round him. And there was a woman who had had an issue 26 of blood for twelve years; she had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all her means, yet was none the better, but had rather 27 grown worse. She had heard about Jesus, and coming behind him in the 28 crowd she touched his cloak (for she kept saying, "If I touch but his 29 garments, I shall be restored"). Then the flow of her blood was immediately dried up, and she felt in her body that she was cured of her plague. 30 And Jesus, conscious immediately that power had gone out from him, turned round in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?" 31 And his disciples said to him, "Thou seest the crowd is pressing round 32 thee, yet thou sayest, 'Who touched me?'!" But he kept looking round 33 about to see her who had done this. So the woman, aware of what had

happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and 34 told him all the truth. And he said to her, "Daughter, thy faith has re35 stored thee. Go in peace and be healed from thy plague." While

he was still speaking, people came from the house of the president of the synagogue saying, "Thy daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any 36 further?" But paying no heed to what they were saying, Jesus says to 37 the president of the synagogue, "Fear not, only believe." And he would

not let anyone accompany him, except Peter and James and John the 38 brother of James. And they go to the house of the president of the synagogue. And observing a tumult of people wailing with many tears 39 and shrill cries, he went in and says to them, "Why wail and weep? the 40 child is not dead but asleep." And they laughed him to scorn. But

after putting them all out he takes aside the father of the child and her 41 mother and his companions, and goes in to where the child lay. And taking the child's hand he says to her, "Talitha koum" (which when 42 translated means, "Little girl, I say to thee, rise"). And immediately the girl rose up and began to walk (for she was twelve years old). Then 43 they were immediately thrown into great amazement. But he enjoined them earnestly that no one was to know of this, and told them to give her something to eat.

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And he departed thence, and enters his own native place, followed by 2 his disciples. And when the sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue; and most people, as they heard him, were astonished and said, "Where has he got this?" and "What is the wisdom he has had given him?" and "What mean such miracles as these worked by his 3 hands?" "Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here 4 with us?" So they were repelled by him. And Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not unhonoured except in his own native place and among his 5 own kinsfolk and in his own household." And he could not work any miracle there, beyond laying his hands upon a few sick people and healing them. And he marvelled at their unbelief.

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And he made a tour through the villages, teaching. Also, calling the twelve to him, he started to send them out two by two, giving them 8 authority over the unclean spirits; and he charged them to take nothing

for their journey except a staff, no bread, no wallet, no money in their 9 girdles, but to go shod with sandals, "and" (he said) "put not on two 10 tunics." And he said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay 11 there till you leave the place. And whatever place will not receive you,

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and the people refuse to listen to you, when you are leaving there, shake 12 off the dust that is under your feet, for a witness to them." And they 13 went out and preached that men were to repent. And they cast out many daemons, and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. And king Herod heard of it-for his name had become known, and people said,1 "John the baptizer is risen from the dead, and that is 15 why miraculous powers are active in him." Others said, "It is Elijah," 16 others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the prophets." But when Herod heard of it, he said, "John whom I beheaded, he has risen."

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For he, Herod, had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip (because he had married her). For John had repeated to Herod, "Thou hast no right to have thy brother's wife." Now Herodias cherished a grudge against him and wanted to kill him; but she could not. For Herod stood in awe of John, as he knew him to be an upright and holy man; so he kept him safe. And when he listened to him he was greatly perturbed; yet he was glad to listen to him. Then a convenient day arrived. Herod on his birthday made a feast for his magnates and for the generals and the leading men of Galilee, and the daughter of Herodias went in and danced, to the delight of Herod and the other guests. And the king said to the girl," Ask me whatever thou wilt and I will give it thee." And he swore to her, "Whatever thou shalt ask I will give thee-were it the half of my realm!" So she went out and said to her mother, "What am I to ask?" She said, "The head of John the baptizer. Then immediately she went in with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want thee to give me directly on a dish the head of John the baptizer." And the king was very sorry. Still, for the sake of his oaths and of his guests he was unwilling to disappoint her. So the king immediately sent out a soldier of the guard with orders to bring his head; and he went, beheaded him in the prison, brought his head on a dish, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. And on hearing of it, his disciples came and carried away his corpse and laid it in a tomb.

And the apostles gather to Jesus, and they reported to him all that 31 they had done and all that they had taught. And he says to them, "Come by yourselves into a desert place in private, and rest a little." (For there were many people coming and going, and they had no time 32 even to eat.) And they went off in the boat to a desert place in private 33 Yet many people saw and recognised them as they went, and gathering 34 hurriedly on foot from all the cities they got there before them. So on

disembarking he saw a large crowd, and moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, he began to teach 35 them many things. And as the day was now far advanced, his disciples came to him and said, "It is a desert place, and the day is now far 36 advanced; dismiss them, that they may go into the surrounding hamlets 37 and villages and buy themselves something to eat." He answered and said to them, "Give them something to eat, yourselves." And they say to him, "Are we to go and spend two hundred shillings upon bread, and 1 Reading ἔλεγον. 2 Omitting μe.

38 give them to eat?" And he says to them, "How many loaves have you? Go and see." And when they had ascertained it, they say, "Five; and 39 two fish." Then he ordered them all to recline in parties on the green 40, 41 grass. So they lay down in groups, by hundreds and by fifties. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, looked up to heaven, and after the blessing broke the loaves in pieces; and he went on giving them to the disciples to set before them, and divided the two fish among them all. 42, 43 And they all ate and were satisfied. Also, they took up twelve baskets 44 full of fragments of the bread and also of the fish. (And those who ate 45 the loaves numbered five thousand men.) Then he immediately

made his disciples embark in the boat and go before him to the 46 opposite side, to Bethsaida, until he dismissed the crowd. And after 47 taking leave of them he went away up the mountain to pray. And

when evening came the boat was in mid-sea, while he was on the 48 land alone. And when he saw them harassed as they rowed (for the wind was contrary to them), he comes to them about the fourth watch of the night walking on the sea. And he would have passed them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the sea they imagined it was an 50 apparition and shrieked; for they all saw him and were troubled. But he immediately talked to them; "Be of good cheer," he says to them, 51 "it is I, be not afraid." And he got up beside them in the boat, and the wind dropped. And they were greatly amazed within themselves ; 52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their heart was 53 hardened. And on crossing over to the land they came to 54 Gennesaret and moored to the shore. And when they had disem55 barked from the boat, the people immediately recognised him, and went hurrying round the whole of that district, and started to carry about on their pallets those who were ill, wherever they heard he 56 was. And wherever he entered villages or cities or hamlets, they would lay the sick in the market-places beseeching him to let them touch were it only the tassel of his cloak: and all who touched it were restored.

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And there gather to him the Pharisees and some of the scribes, who 2 had come down from Jerusalem. They had observed that some of his 3 disciples ate their food with unclean (that is, unwashed) hands.--For the Pharisees and all the Jews refuse to eat without vigorously washing their 4 hands; as they hold to the tradition of the elders. Also, they refuse to eat after coming from the market-place, until they sprinkle themselves.2 And there are many other matters which they have received and hold to, 5 washings of cups and pots and brazen vessels.-Then the Pharisees and the scribes question him, " Why do not thy disciples walk after the tradition of the elders, instead of eating their bread with unclean 6 hands?" And he said to them,

"Finely did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written :
This people honours me with their lips,

While their heart is far away from me;

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Yet in vain do they worship me,

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Teaching doctrines which are mere human precepts.

You omit God's commandment

And hold to man's tradition."

9 And he said to them,

"A fine thing it is for you to set aside God's commandment
That you may keep your own tradition !

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* Reading ραντίσωνται.