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but, without a parable, was he not speaking unto them, - privately, however, unto his own disciples, was he explaining all things.

who had his dwelling among the tombs, and, not even with a chain, any longer, was anyone able to bind him, -

because of his having been, many times, with fetters and chains, bound, and the chains having been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters smashed, and no one was mighty enough to tame him;

And there cometh one of the synagogue-rulers, by name Jairus, and, seeing him, falleth at his feet,

hearing the things about Jesus, came in the crowd from behind, and touched his mantle;

for she was saying - If I can touch so much as his mantle, I shall be made well;

and his disciples were saying to him - Thou seest the crowd pressing upon thee, - and sayest thou - Who hath touched me?

And he went forth from thence, and cometh into his own city, - and his disciples follow him.

And, when it was Sabbath, he began to be teaching in the synagogue, and, the greater part, as they heard, were being struck with astonishment, saying - Whence hath this man these things? - and - What the wisdom which hath been given to this man? - and - Such mighty works as these, through his hands, are coming to pass!

Is not, this, the carpenter? the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? - and they were finding cause of stumbling in him.

And Jesus was saying unto them - A prophet is not without honour, save in his own city and among his kinsfolk, and in his house;

and he could not, there, do so much as a single mighty work, - save, on a few sick, he laid his hands and cured them.

And King Herod heard, - for, famous, had become his name; and he was saying - John the Immerser hath arisen from among the dead, and, for this cause, are the powers working mightily in him;

For, Herod himself, had sent and secured John and bound him in prison, for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, - for, her, had he married,

And, an opportune day arriving, when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles, and for the rulers of thousands and for the first men of Galilee,

And the king, straightway, sending off a guard, gave orders to bring his head.

And, departing, he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a charger, and gave it unto the damsel - and, the damsel, gave it unto her mother.

And, hearing of it, his disciples went and took away his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

And, already, a late hour, having arrived, his disciples came unto him and were saying, A desert, is the place, and it is, already, a late hour:

And, straightway, constrained he his disciples to enter into the boat, and be going forward to the other side, unto Bethsaida, - while, he, was dismissing the multitude.