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For the heart of this people is become gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have shut, that they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them.

Leave (them), that both may grow together till the harvest; and in the season of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the zizania, and bind them (together in) bundles, that they may burn; but the wheat collect into my barns.

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall collect from his kingdom all those who cause offence, and all (who) work iniquity,

And when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sat down, and selected; and the good they threw into vessels, and the bad they cast without.

and came to his city, and taught them in their synagogues, so that they were astounded and said, Whence hath he (Whence to him) this wisdom and these powers ?

and his sisters, all, are they not with us? Whence to this one all these?

And they were offended with him. But Jeshu said to them, No prophet is contemned except in his own city, and in his own house.

And he would have killed him, but he feared the people, because as a prophet they held him.

Then Jeshu, when he heard, removed from thence by ship to a desert place by himself; and when the multitude heard it, they came after him on dry land from the cities.

BUT when it was eventide, his disciples approached him, and said to him, The place is desert, and the time passed over; send away these multitudes of men, that they may go to the villages, and buy for themselves food.

They said to him, We have nothing here but five cakes and two fishes.

And all did eat, and were satisfied; and they took up, of the abundance of the fragments, twelve baskets when full.

And the disciples beheld him walking on the waters, and they were troubled, saying, That it was a spectre; [fn] and from fear they cried out.

And when they had ascended into the ship, the wind was tranquil.

And they who were in the ship, came and adored him, and said, Truly the Son thou art of Aloha.

And they rowed, and came to the land of Genésar;

and the men of that country recognized him, and sent to all the villages that were about them, and they brought to him all those who were grievously afflicted,

and besought from him that they might touch only the border of his mantle; and those who touched were healed.

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread?

And there drew near to him great gatherings (of people), and with them there were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the mutilated, and many others; and they cast them at the feet of Jeshu, and he healed them.