4:1And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,

4:2and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

4:3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

4:4and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

4:5and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

4:6and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

4:7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

4:8and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

4:9And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

4:10And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile,

4:11and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

4:12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.'

4:13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

4:14He who is sowing doth sow the word;

4:15and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

4:16`And these are they, in like manner, who on the rocky ground are sown: who, whenever they may hear the word, immediately with joy do receive it,

4:17and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

4:18`And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

4:19and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

4:20`And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

4:21And he said to them, `Doth the lamp come that under the measure it may be put, or under the couch -- not that it may be put on the lamp-stand?

4:22for there is not anything hid that may not be manifested, nor was anything kept hid but that it may come to light.

4:23If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

4:24And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

4:25for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever hath not, also that which he hath shall be taken from him.'

4:26And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

4:27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

4:28for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

4:29and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

4:30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

4:31As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

4:32and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

4:33And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

4:34and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.

4:35And he saith to them on that day, evening having come, `We may pass over to the other side;'

4:36and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.

4:37And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

4:38and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'

4:39And having waked up, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, `Peace, be stilled;' and the wind did lull, and there was a great calm:

4:40and he said to them, `Why are ye so fearful? how have ye not faith?'

4:41and they feared a great fear, and said one to another, `Who, then, is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

5:1And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes,

5:2and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

5:3who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him,

5:4because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,

5:5and always, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs he was, crying and cutting himself with stones.

5:6And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,

5:7and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'

5:8(for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

5:9and he was questioning him, `What is thy name?' and he answered, saying, `Legion is my name, because we are many;'

5:10and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.

5:11And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,

5:12and all the demons did call upon him, saying, `Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

5:13and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea -- and they were about two thousand -- and they were choked in the sea.

5:14And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

5:15and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded -- him having had the legion -- and they were afraid;

5:16and those having seen it, declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine;

5:17and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

5:18And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him,

5:19and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own friends, and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;

5:20and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.

5:21And Jesus having passed over in the boat again to the other side, there was gathered a great multitude to him, and he was near the sea,

5:22and lo, there doth come one of the chiefs of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and having seen him, he doth fall at his feet,

5:23and he was calling upon him much, saying -- `My little daughter is at the last extremity -- that having come, thou mayest lay on her thy hands, so that she may be saved, and she shall live;'

5:24and he went away with him. And there was following him a great multitude, and they were thronging him,

5:25and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,

5:26and many things having suffered under many physicians, and having spent all that she had, and having profited nothing, but rather having come to the worse,

5:27having heard about Jesus, having come in the multitude behind, she touched his garment,

5:28for she said -- `If even his garments I may touch, I shall be saved;'

5:29and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.

5:30And immediately Jesus having known in himself that out of him power had gone forth, having turned about in the multitude, said, `Who did touch my garments?'

5:31and his disciples said to him, `Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and thou sayest, `Who did touch me!'

5:32And he was looking round to see her who did this,

5:33and the woman, having been afraid, and trembling, knowing what was done on her, came, and fell down before him, and told him all the truth,

5:34and he said to her, `Daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go away in peace, and be whole from thy plague.'

5:35As he is yet speaking, there come from the chief of the synagogue's house, certain, saying -- `Thy daughter did die, why still dost thou harass the Teacher?'

5:36And Jesus immediately, having heard the word that is spoken, saith to the chief of the synagogue, `Be not afraid, only believe.'

5:37And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

5:38and he cometh to the house of the chief of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, much weeping and wailing;

5:39and having gone in he saith to them, `Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? the child did not die, but doth sleep;

5:40and they were laughing at him. And he, having put all forth, doth take the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and goeth in where the child is lying,

5:41and, having taken the hand of the child, he saith to her, `Talitha cumi;' which is, being interpreted, `Damsel (I say to thee), arise.'

5:42And immediately the damsel arose, and was walking, for she was twelve years old; and they were amazed with a great amazement,

5:43and he charged them much, that no one may know this thing, and he said that there be given to her to eat.

6:1And he went forth thence, and came to his own country, and his disciples do follow him,

6:2and sabbath having come, he began in the synagogue to teach, and many hearing were astonished, saying, `Whence hath this one these things? and what the wisdom that was given to him, that also such mighty works through his hands are done?

6:3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.

6:4And Jesus said to them -- `A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his kindred, and in his own house;'

6:5and he was not able there any mighty work to do, except on a few infirm people having put hands he did heal them;

6:6and he wondered because of their unbelief. And he was going round the villages, in a circle, teaching,

6:7and he doth call near the twelve, and he began to send them forth two by two, and he was giving them power over the unclean spirits,

6:8and he commanded them that they may take nothing for the way, except a staff only -- no scrip, no bread, no brass in the girdle,

6:9but having been shod with sandals, and ye may not put on two coats.

6:10And he said to them, `Whenever ye may enter into a house, there remain till ye may depart thence,

6:11and as many as may not receive you, nor hear you, going out thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony to them; verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom or Gomorrah in a day of judgment than for that city.'

6:12And having gone forth they were preaching that men might reform,

6:13and many demons they were casting out, and they were anointing with oil many infirm, and they were healing them.

6:14And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- `John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

6:15Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

6:16And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

6:17For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

6:18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

6:19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

6:20for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

6:21And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

6:22and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

6:23and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'

6:24And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'

6:25and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

6:26And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

6:27and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison,

6:28and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

6:29and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

6:30And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

6:31and he said to them, `Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

6:32and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.

6:33And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him,

6:34and having come forth, Jesus saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion on them, that they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach many things.

6:35And now the hour being advanced, his disciples having come near to him, say, -- `The place is desolate, and the hour is now advanced,

6:36let them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'

6:37And he answering said to them, `Give ye them to eat,' and they say to him, `Having gone away, may we buy two hundred denaries' worth of loaves, and give to them to eat?'

6:38And he saith to them, `How many loaves have ye? go and see;' and having known, they say, `Five, and two fishes.'

6:39And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

6:40and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.

6:41And having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves, and was giving to his disciples, that they may set before them, and the two fishes divided he to all,

6:42and they did all eat, and were filled,

6:43and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,

6:44and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

6:45And immediately he constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before to the other side, unto Bethsaida, till he may let the multitude away,

6:46and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

6:47And evening having come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he alone upon the land;

6:48and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them.

6:49And they having seen him walking on the sea, thought it to be an apparition, and cried out,

6:50for they all saw him, and were troubled, and immediately he spake with them, and saith to them, `Take courage, I am he, be not afraid.'

6:51And he went up unto them to the boat, and the wind lulled, and greatly out of measure were they amazed in themselves, and were wondering,

6:52for they understood not concerning the loaves, for their heart hath been hard.

6:53And having passed over, they came upon the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore,

6:54and they having come forth out of the boat, immediately having recognised him,

6:55having run about through all that region round about, they began upon the couches to carry about those ill, where they were hearing that he is,

6:56and wherever he was going, to villages, or cities, or fields, in the market-places they were laying the infirm, and were calling upon him, that they may touch if it were but the fringe of his garment, and as many as were touching him were saved.