blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded upon the 26 rock. And every one who hears these my words and does not do them, he shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his 27 house upon the sand; and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.

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And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were 29 astonished at his doctrine, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

VIII. And when he had come down from

the mountain great crowds followed him. 2 And behold a leper came and did homage

to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou art 3 able to cleanse me. And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying: I will; be cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man; but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses enjoined, for a witness to them.

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And when he* had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him beseeching him, and saying: Lord, my servant lies paralytic in the house suffer7 ing grievously. And Jesus saith to him, 8 I will come and heal him. And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak† a word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one]: Go, and he goes; and to another: Come, and he comes; and to my bondsman: Do this, 10 and he does it. And when Jesus heard it he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily I say unto you, not even in Israel have I found such faith. But I say unto you, that many shall come from the rising and setting [sun] and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the king12 dom of the heavens, but the sons of the *T. R. reads 'Jesus.'

† Literally, with or by a word,' in contrast with coming. T. R. reads a word,' not by; then it would be but only speak a word.'

kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness, there shall be* weeping and 13 gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and as thou hast believed be it to thee. And his servant 14 was healed in that hour. And when Jesus had come to Peter's house he saw his mother-in-law laid down and in a 15 fever, and he touched her hand and the fever left her, and she arose and served them.

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And when the evening was come they brought to him many possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a 17 word, and healed all that were ill; so that that might be fulfilled which was spoken by† the prophet Esaias, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bore 18 our diseases. And Jesus seeing great crowds around him, commanded to de19 part to the other side. And a scribe came up and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest, *There is an article, which makes this emphatic.

+ The reader will remember the note on 'by' used with prophet.

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go. And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosts, but the Son of man has not where 21 he may lay his head. But another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go away and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and

leave the dead to bury their own dead. 23 And he went on board ship, and his dis24 ciples followed him; and, lo, [the water]

became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but 25 he slept. And his disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save us: we 26 perish. And he saith to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was* a great calm. 27 But the men were astonished, saying,

What sort [of man] is this, that even 28 the winds and the sea obey him? And

there met him, when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gergesenes, two possessed by demons coming

* EYEVETO, it then began or took place, but this cannot be said in English.

out of the tombs, exceeding dangerous, so that no one was able to pass by that 29 way. And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God; hast thou come here 30 before the time* to torment us? Now there was, a great way off from them, a 31 herd of many swine feeding; and the demons besought him saying: If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the 32 herd of swine. And he said to them: Go.

And they, going out, departed into the herd of swine; and, lo, the whole herd of swine rushed down the steep slope into 33 the sea and died in the waters. But they that fed them fled, and went away into the city and related everything, and what had happened as to those possessed by 34 demons. And, lo, the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to go away out of IX. their coasts. And going on board the ship he passed over and came to his

* Or perhaps, 'to torment us before the time.' † Or 'to.'

Or on board ship.' I have here put the ship, because he had gone over in one.