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And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.

And he admitted him not, but saith him: Go into thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercy thee.

And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men wondered.

For she said: If I shall touch but his garment, I shall be whole.

And he commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, but a staff only; no scrip, no bread, nor money in their purse,

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you; going forth from thence, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony to them.

And king Herod heard, (for his name was made manifest,) and he said: John the Baptist is risen again from dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death and could not.

For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.

And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birthday, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee.

And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as time to eat.

And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat.

And seeing them labouring in rowing, (for the wind was against them,) and about the fourth watch of the night, he cometh to them walking upon the sea, and he would have passed by them.

For they all saw him, and were troubled bled. And immediately he spoke with them, and said to them: Have a good heart, it is I, fear ye not.

For they understood not concerning the loaves; for their heart was blinded.

For the Pharisees and all the Jews eat not without often washing their hands, holding the tradition of the ancients.

For leaving the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, the washing of pots and of cups: and many other things you do like to these.

For Moses said: Honour thy father and thy mother. And He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.