[1] And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and
country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the
twelve, [2] And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and
diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,
[3] And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna
and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs. [4] And
when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went
out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story: [5] A man went
out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the
wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of
heaven. [6] And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry
and dead because it had no water. [7] And some went among thorns, and the
thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. [8] And some falling
on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with
these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear. [9]
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story. [10]
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of
God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may
not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.
[11] Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God. [12]
Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the
Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may
not have faith and get salvation. [13] And those on the rock are those who
with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for
a time, and when the test comes they give up. [14] And those which went
among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but
they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they
give no fruit. [15] And those in the good earth are those who, having given
ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength
give fruit. [16] No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it,
or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come
in may see the light. [17] For nothing is put out of view which will not be
made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to
light. [18] So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be
given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.
[19] And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to
get near him because of the great number of people. [20] And someone said
to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you. [21]
But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have
knowledge of the word of God and do it. [22] Now it came about on one of
those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them,
Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.
[23] But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came
down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.
[24] Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master,
Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the
wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.
[25] And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame
them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even
to the winds and the water and they do what he says? [26] And they came to
the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. [27] And when he
had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had
evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not
living in a house but in the place of the dead. [28] And when he saw Jesus,
he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud
voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do
not be cruel to me. [29] For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come
out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept
under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he
would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places. [30] And
Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of
spirits had gone into him. [31] And they made a request to him that he
would not give them an order to go away into the deep. [32] Now there was a
great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the
evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs,
and he let them. [33] And the evil spirits came out of the man and went
into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water
and came to destruction. [34] And when the men who took care of them saw
what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and
the country. [35] And they went out to see what had taken place, and they
came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone,
seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and
fear came on them. [36] And those who had seen it gave them an account of
how the man who had the evil spirits was made well. [37] And all the people
of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them;
for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back. [38] But
the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be
with him, but he sent him away, saying, [39] Go back to your house and let
them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he
went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus
had done for him. [40] And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to
see him, for they were all waiting for him. [41] Then there came a man
named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the
feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house; [42] For he had an only
daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he
was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him. [43] And a woman,
who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money
to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well, [44] Came
after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the
flowing of her blood was stopped. [45] And Jesus said, Who was touching me?
And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him
said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side. [46] But
Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had
gone out from me. [47] And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep
it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she
made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how
she was made well straight away. [48] And he said to her, Daughter, your
faith has made you well; go in peace. [49] While he was still talking,
someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your
daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master. [50] But Jesus at
these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be
made well. [51] And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in
with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and
her mother. [52] And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he
said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping. [53] And they were
laughing at him, being certain that she was dead. [54] But he, taking her
hand, said to her, My child, get up. [55] And her spirit came back to her
and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given
to her. [56] And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave
orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.
