kle, because the harvest is come.
(30)And he said: How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what
comparison shall we set it forth? (31)As a grain of mustard; which,
when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in
the earth. (32)And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater
than all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds
of the air can lodge under its shadow.
(33)And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they
were able to hear. (34)But without a parable he spoke not to them; and
in private he explained all things to his disciples.
(35)And on that day, when evening was come, he says to them: Let us
pass over to the other side. (36)And dismissing the multitude, they
take him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with
him. (37)And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat
into the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled. (38)And
he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and
say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish? (39)And awaking,
he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm. (40)And he said to them: Why
are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? (41)And they
feared exceedingly, and said one to another: Who then is this, that
even the wind and the sea obey him?
V.
AND they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the
Gerasenes. (2)And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there
met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, (3)who had his
dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even
with chains. (4)Because he had often been bound with fetters and
chains; and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters
broken in pieces, and no one could tame him. (5)And always, night and
day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and
cutting himself with stones. (6)But seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and
bowed down to him, (7)and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have
I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by
God, do not torment me. (8)For he said to him: Come forth, unclean
spirit, out of the man. (9)And he asked him: What is thy name? And he
says to him: My name is Legion; because we are many. (10)And he
besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
(11)And there was the
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