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But suddenly there arose a great storm on the Lake, so that the waves threatened to engulf the boat; but He was asleep.

So they came and woke Him, crying, "Master, save us, we are drowning!"

"Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;

On His arrival at the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, there met Him two men possessed by demons, coming from among the tombs: they were so dangerously fierce that no one was able to pass that way.

So the demons entreated Him. "If Thou drivest us out," they said, "send us into the herd of swine."

So at once the whole population came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they besought Him to leave their country.

So He touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith let it be to you."

At that time a demoniac was brought to Him, blind and dumb; and He cured him, so that the dumb man could speak and see.

For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth.

Then he goes and brings back with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they come in and dwell there; and in the end that man's condition becomes worse than it was at first. So will it be also with the present wicked generation."

So some one told Him, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, and desire to speak to you."

For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'

"So the farmer's men come and ask him, "`Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, so will it be at the Close of the Age.

So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?

So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before all the company, and so pleased Herod

So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist."