that they might not throng him; 10 for he cured many, so that they fell upon him, that they might touch him, as many as had scourges. 11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him and cried out, saying: Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he charged their minds that they should not make · him known. 13 And he went up into the mountain, and called to him whom he would; and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have authority to cast out the demons. 16 And he appointed the twelve; and Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James; and these he surnamed Boanerges, which is sons of thunder; 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and__James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also delivered him up. And he came into a house; 20 and a multitude again came together, so that they were able not even to eat bread. 21 And his relatives hearing it came forth to take him; for they said: He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes that came down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebub, and, By the prince of the demons he casts out the demons. 23 And he called them to him and spoke to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house can not stand. 26 And if Satan rise up against himself, he is divided; and he can not stand, but has an end. 27 But no one is able, on entering into the house of the strong man, to seize upon his instruments, unless he first bind the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. 28 Verily I say to you that all shall be forgiven the sons of men, the sins and the blasphemies, whatever things they shall blasphemously utter; 29 but whoever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, has forgiveness never, but is guilty of an eternal sin. 30 Because they said: He has an unclean spirit. 31 And his mother and his brothers came, and standing without sent to him calling him. 32 And a multitude sat about him; and they said to him: Behold, thy mother, and thy brothers, and thy sisters without seek thee. 33 And he answered and said to them: Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? 34 And looking around on those sitting round about him, he says: Behold my mother and my brothers. 35 Whoever shall have done the will of God, this is my brother and sister and mother. 4 1 And again he began to teach by the sea. And there came together to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship and sat in the sea, and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching: 3 Hear; Behold, the sower went forth to sow. 4 And it came to pass while he sowed some fell by the way, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 And other fell on the rocky place, where deceitfulness of riches, and the desires about other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 And they that were sown on good ground are those who hear the word and receive it, and bring forth fruit in thirties, and in sixties, and in hundreds. it had not much earth; and it immediately sprung up because it had no depth of earth; 6 and when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root it withered. 7 And other fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit. 8 And others fell on good ground, and 21 And he said to them: Is a yielded fruit, growing up and in- lamp brought that it may be put creasing, and produced to thirty and under the measure or under the to sixty and to a hundred. 9 And bed? Is it not brought that it may he said: He that has ears to hear, be put on the lampstand? 22 For let him hear. 10 And when he was there is nothing hid, unless that it alone, those about him with the may be made manifest: nor was twelve asked him about the parables. any thing concealed, but that it 11 And he said to them: To you is might come into open view. 23 If given the mystery of the kingdom any one has ears to hear, let him of God; but to them that are with-hear. out all things are done in parables; 12 that seeing they may see and may not perceive; and hearing they may hear and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn and it should be forgiven them. 13 And he says to them: Know you not this parable, and how will you know all parables? 24 And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it shall be measured to you, and more shall be given to you. 25 For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him. 26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should sow seed upon the earth, 27 and should sleep and awake night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knows not how. 28 The earth of its own accord brings forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the fruit shall have presented itself, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest 14 The sower sows the word. 15 But these are they that are by the way where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are they in like manner that were sown on the rocky places; who when they hear the word immediately with joy receive it; 17 and yet they have no root in themselves, but endure for a time: then when afflic-is ready. tion or persecution arises because of the word they immediately take offense. 18 And others are they that were sown over the thorns: these are they that hear the word, 19 and the cares of the age, and the 30 And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or with what parable shall we set it forth? 31 It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the earth, is less than all the seeds that are on the earth; 32 and yet when it is sown, it springs up and becomes greater than all garden-plants, and makes great branches, so that the birds of heaven can lodge under its shadow. 33 And with many such parables spoke he the word to them, as they were able to hear; 34 but without a parable spoke he not to them; but privately he explained all things to his disciples. chains had been pulled asunder by him and the fetters had been broken; and no one was able to subdue him; 5 and always night and day among the tombs and in the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6 And seeing Jesus at a distance he ran and worshipped him; 7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that 35 And on that day when it was thou torment me not. 8 For he evening he says to them: Let us said to him: Unclean spirit, come pass over to the other side. 36 out of the man. 9 And he asked And leaving the multitude they took him: What is thy name? and he him as he was in the ship, and there said to him: My name is legion, for were also other ships with him. 37 we are many. 10 And they beAnd there came a great storm of sought him much that he would not wind, and the waves beat into the send them out of the country. 11 ship, so that the ship was now full. But there was there near the moun38 And he was sleeping in the prow tain a great herd of swine feeding; on the boat-cushion; and they awoke 12 and they besought him, saying: him and said to him: Teacher, car- Send us to the swine that we may est thou not that we perish? 39 enter into them. 13 And he perAnd he awoke and rebuked the mitted them. And the unclean wind and said to the sea: Peace, spirits came out and entered into be still. And the wind ceased, and the swine; and the herd, about two there was a great calm. 40 And he thousand, rushed down the steep said to them: Why are you so fear-into the sea, and were choked in ful? How have you no faith? 41 the sea. 14 And those who fed And they were afraid with great fear, and said one to another: Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? 1 And they came to the other side of the sea to the country of the Gerasenes. 2 And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and not even with a chain was any one any longer able to bind him, 4 because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the them fled, and told it in the city and in the country; and they came to see what it was that had been done. 15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that had had the demon, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him that had had the legion, and they were afraid. 16 And they that had seen told them how it had happened to the demoniac, and concerning the swine. 17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders. 18 And as he was entering the ship, he that had been possessed with the demon besought him that he might be with him. 19 And he permitted him not, but said to him: Go to thy house to thy own, and tell them what things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee. 20 And he went away, and began to proclaim in Decapolis what things Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished. thee, and sayest thou: Who touched me? 32 And he looked around to see her that had done this. 33 But the woman being afraid and trembling, knowing what had been done for her, came and fell before him and told him all the truth. 34 And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has saved thee: go in peace, and be well of thy scourge. 35 While he was yet speaking there came some from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying: Thy daughter is dead, why trouble the Teacher further? 36 But Jesus, disregarding the word that was spoken, said to the ruler of the synagogue: Fear not, only believe. 37 And he permitted no one to follow with him but Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. 38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those who wept and bewailed much; 39 and entering in he says to them: Why make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeps. 40 And they derided him. But he, having put them all out, takes the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goes in where the child was. 41 And he took the child by the hand and said to her: Talitha kumi, which is translated: Maiden, I say to thee, arise. 42 And the maiden immediately rose up and walked; for she was twelve years old. And they were immediately astonished with great astonishment. 43 And he charged them much that no one should know this and commanded that there should be given 21 And when Jesus had again passed over in the ship to the other side, a great multitude came together to him, and he was by the sea. 22 And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus; and seeing him he falls at his feet, 23 and beseeches him much, saying: My little daughter is at the point of death, I pray that thou wouldst come and lay thy hand on her, that she may be saved and live. 24 And he went away with him; and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him. 25 And a woman that had had an issue of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was in no way benefited, but rather grew worse, 27 hearing of the things concerning Jesus, came behind in the multitude, and touched his clothes; 28 for she said: If I may touch even his clothes, I shall be saved. 29 And immediately the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in her body that she was restored to health from that scourge. 30 And Jesus immediately perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, turned about in the multitude and said: Who touched my clothes? her to eat. 31 And his disciples said to him: 6 Seest thou the multitude thronging 1 And he went out thence, and came into his own coun try; and his disciples followed him. 2 And when the sabbath had come he began to teach in the synagogue; and many hearing were astonished, saying: Whence has this man these things, and what the wisdom that is given to this man? and are such mighty deeds done through his hands? 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judah and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. 4 And Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless in his own country, and among his relatives, and in his own house. 5 And he was able to do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick persons and cured them. 6 And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went about the villages round about teaching. 7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth two and two; and gave them authority over unclean spirits; 8 and charged them to take nothing for the journey but a staff only; no bread, no bag, no brass in the girdle, 9 but be shod with sandals; and put not on two coats. 10 And he said to them: Wherever you enter a house, there abide till you go forth thence. 11 And whatever place shall not have received you nor heard you, when you go out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet, for a testimony against them. 12 And they went forth and preached that men should repent; 13 and they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many sick and cured them. 14 And Herod the king heard, for his name had become known, and said: John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and for this reason the powers are active within him. 15 But others said: It is Elijah; but others said: He is a prophet like one of the prophets. 16 But Herod, when he heard, said: John whom I beheaded, he has risen. 17 For Herod himself had sent and taken John, and bound him in prison because of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, for he had married her. 18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 19 And Herodias was angry with him, and desired to kill him, and was not able. 20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and he kept him in safety, and hearing him he was much perplexed, and heard him with pleasure. 21 And a suitable time having come, when Herod on his birthday had made a supper for his great men, and the officers of thousands, and the first men of Galilee : 22 and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in ard danced, she pleased Herod and those that reclined with him at table; and the king said to the maiden: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give thee. 23 And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask I will give thee to the half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out and said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Baptist. 25 And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that thou at once give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king though he became |