[4:32]but when sown, it
comes up, and becomes the greatest of all plants, and produces great
branches, so that the birds of heaven can dwell under its shade.
[4:33]And with many such parables spoke he the word to them as they
could hear; [4:34]but without a parable spoke he not to them; and,
privately, he explained all things to his disciples.
6 [4:35]And on that day, when it was evening, he said to them, Let us
cross over to the other side. [4:36]And dismissing the multitude, they
took him as he was in the ship; and other ships also were with him.
[4:37]And there was a great tempest of wind, and the waves beat over
the ship, so that the ship was already filled. [4:38]And he was in the
stern, on the pillow, asleep. And they awoke him and said to him,
Teacher, do you not care that we perish? [4:39]And he arose, and
rebuked the wind, and said to the lake, Hush! Be still! And the wind
ceased, and there was a great calm. [4:40]And he said to them, Why are
you so fearful? How have you no faith? [4:41]And they were greatly
afraid, and said one to another, What man is this, that even the wind
and the lake obey him?
CHAPTER V.
CHRIST CURING A DEMONIAC AND THE WOMAN WITH A HEMORRHAGE, AND RAISING A
DEAD CHILD.
1 [5:1]AND they came across the lake to the country of the Gerasenes.
[5:2]And as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit
immediately met him from the tombs, [5:3]who lived in the tombs, and
none could bind him with a chain; [5:4]for he was often bound with
fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters
crushed, and no one could subdue him. [5:5]And he was always night and
day in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself
with stones. [5:6]And seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran and worshipped
him, [5:7]and crying with a loud voice, said, What have you to do with
me, Jesus, son of the most high God? I adjure you, by God, not to
torment me. [5:8] For he said to him, Impure spirit, come out of the
man. [5:9]And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, My
name is Legion, for we are many.
2 [5:10]And they besought him much that he would not send them out of
the country. [5:11]And there was there on the mountain a great herd of
swine feeding. [5:12]And they besought him, saying, Send us to the
swine, that we may go into them. [5:13]And Jesus immediately permitted
them. And the impure spirits going out entered into the swine, and the
herd rushed do
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