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and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field.

the net.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, Parable o the pearl. seeking goodly pearls. Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was Parable of cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind; which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world; the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

SECT. XVI. JESUS CALMS THE TEMPEST.

(MATT. viii. MARK iv. LUKE viii.) SEA OF GALILEE.

And the same day, when the even was come, and Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.* And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury

* This was one of the busiest and most exhausting days in our Saviour's life. And now, on the evening of the same day on which the parables were spoken, he gives commandment to cross the lake. On the way, however, to the lake, other incidents occur. Perhaps the second may only be introduced here from its similarity to the first. As the lake of Galilee is 600 feet lower than the ocean, and as watercourses from the mountains have cut their way through deep ravines "which act like gigantic funnels to draw down the cold winds," sudden and severe tempests are very frequent.

my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

And Jesus entered into a ship with his disciples. And they launched forth. And there were also with him other little ships. And behold there arose a great storm of wind on the lake, insomuch that the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And they were in jeopardy. But Jesus was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly; and marvelled, saying one to another, What manner of man is this? for he commandeth even the winds and the sea, and they obey him.

SECT. XVII. THE GADARENE DEMONIACS HEALED.* (MATT. viii. MARK V. LUKE viii.)

GADARA.

And they came over to the other side of the sea, and arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee,

* Mark and Luke mention the cure of two demoniacs, but Matthew of one only. The fuller account always comprises the shorter, and does not contradict it; and many instances might be adduced in which the circumstances or character of one individual rendering him specially prominent, his case alone is narrated. Jesus leaves Capernaum in the evening, directs his course over the lake in a south-easterly direction, and early next morning lands on the coasts of the district of Gadara, in which the town of Gergesa was situated.

Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee, by God, that thou torment me not before the time. (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him : and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion : because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. Now there was there, nigh unto the mountains, an herd of many swine feeding.* And all the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to enter into the herd of swine. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand,) and were choked in the sea. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart out of their coasts, for they were taken with great fear. And when he was come into the ship, he out of whom the devils were departed prayed him that he might be with him. Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not; but sent him away, saying, Return to thine own house, and to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed, and published throughout the whole city, and in Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done for him. And all men did marvel.

It was considered scandalous and illegal for Jews to keep swine; but the Gadarenes evidently supposed that as they lived in the extreme part of the country their crime would be overlooked. Jesus, by the miracle now wrought, gives relief to the man possessed, rids the neighbourhood of a great source of terror and annoyance, and at the same time administers a rebuke for violating the law from the love of gain.

A woman healed on the way.

And when Jesus was passed over again by the ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him, and received him gladly, for they were all waiting for him. And he came into his own city.*

SECT. XVIII. THE RAISING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER.† (MATT. ix. MARK V. LUKE viii.) CAPERNAUM.

And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and he fell down at Jesus' feet and worshipped him, and besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: but come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed, and she shall live: for he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a-dying. And Jesus went with him, and so did his disciples; and much people followed him and thronged him.

And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him, said, Master, the multitude throng and press thee,

It was to Capernaum that Jesus returned, where, as Mark adds, "he was nigh unto the sea.'

Many harmonists insert here the feast given by Matthew, which, however, I have presumed, in accordance with the order of all the three evangelists, to consider a farewell feast given by him to his former associates immediately after his call. It is accordingly inserted in the former Part. Matthew, indeed, introduces the application of Jairus with the words, "While he spake these things unto them," referring, as one would naturally suppose, to his preceding conversation with the Pharisees; but Oestersee and some other harmonists consider that phrase a standing formula, and therefore very indefinite as regards the order of time. The arrangement we have adopted is at least more convenient, if not more satisfactory. "almost

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Matthew's expression, even now dead," must be taken to mean, dead;" there being no hope of her recovery except by a miracle. Jairus would never have ventured to make such an application had she been actually dead.

and sayest thou, Who touched me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master any further. As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not only believe, and she shall be made whole. And he suffered no man to follow him save Peter, and James, and John, the brother of James. And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. And her spirit came again, and straightway the damsel arose and walked. And they were astonished with a great astonishment: but he charged them straightway that no man should know it; and he commanded that something should be given her to eat.

miracles.

But the fame thereof went abroad into all that land. And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Other him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. But they,

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