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so that the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath."

They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him.

So He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing Him.

For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him.

And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.

So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?

So if Satan has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.

Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."

Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.

yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."

So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.

But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.

But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"

So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.

"Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"

So they arrived at the opposite shore of the Lake, in the country of the Gerasenes.

So they besought Jesus. "Send us to the swine," they said, "so that we may enter into them."

The swineherds fled, and spread the news in town and country. So the people came to see what it was that had happened;

So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing.