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4 · kai Again palin Jesus began archō to teach didaskō beside para the ho lake thalassa. And kai a very large polys crowd ochlos gathered synagō about pros him autos, so hōste that he autos got embainō into eis a boat ploion and sat kathēmai there out on en the ho lake thalassa while kai all pas the ho people ochlos were eimi on epi shore gē by pros the edge of the ho water thalassa. · ho ² And kai he taught didaskō them autos many things polys by en parables parabolē, and kai in en his autos teaching didachē said legō to them autos: · ho ³ “ Listen akouō! A sower speirō went exerchomai out · ho to sow speirō. ⁴ And kai as en he was sowing speirō, some hos seed fell piptō along para the ho path hodos, and kai birds peteinon came erchomai · ho and kai ate katesthiō it autos up. ⁵ · kai Other allos seed fell piptō on epi · ho rocky ground petrōdēs where hopou it did not ou have echō much polys soil gē, and kai it sprang up exanatellō right away because dia · ho it had echō no mē depth bathos of soil gē. ⁶ · kai When hote the ho sun hēlios came anatellō up , the plant was scorched kaumatizō, and kai because dia · ho it did not mē have echō a root rhiza, it withered xērainō away . ⁷ · kai Other allos seed fell piptō among eis the ho thorns akantha, and kai the ho thorns akantha came anabainō up and kai choked sympnigō it autos, and kai it did didōmi not ou produce didōmi grain karpos. ⁸ But kai other allos seed fell piptō into eis · ho good kalos soil gē · ho and kai produced didōmi grain karpos, sprouting anabainō, · kai growing auxanō, and kai bearing pherō thirty heis triakonta, · kai sixty heis hexēkonta, and kai even a hundredfold heis hekaton.” ⁹ And kai he said legō, “ Whoever hos has echō ears ous to hear akouō, let him listen akouō!” ¹⁰ · kai When hote he was ginomai alone kata monos, those ho around peri him autos with syn the ho twelve dōdeka asked erōtaō him autos about erōtaō the ho parables parabolē. ¹¹ And kai he said legō to them autos, “ To you hymeis has been given didōmi the ho mystery mystērion of the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos, but de to those ekeinos · ho outside exō, everything pas is ginomai in en parables parabolē, · ho ¹² so hina that ‘ when they look blepō, they may see blepō yet kai not mē perceive, and kai when they listen akouō, they may hear akouō yet kai not mē understand syniēmi; otherwise mēpote they might turn epistrephō and kai be forgiven aphiēmi.’”

¹³ And kai he said legō to them autos, “ Do you not ou understand oida · ho this houtos parable parabolē? Then kai how pōs will you understand ginōskō all pas the ho parables parabolē? ¹⁴ The ho sower speirō sows speirō the ho word logos. ¹⁵ These houtos · de are eimi the ho ones on para the ho path hodos where hopou the ho word logos is sown speirō: · kai whenever hotan they hear akouō, Satan Satanas immediately comes erchomai · ho and kai carries airō off the ho word logos that ho was sown speirō in eis them autos. ¹⁶ · kai These houtos are eimi the ho ones sown speirō on epi · ho rocky ground petrōdēs: whenever hotan they hear akouō the ho word logos, they lambanō immediately receive lambanō it autos with meta joy chara. ¹⁷ But kai they have echō no ou root rhiza in en themselves heautou and alla last for eimi only a limited time proskairos. Then eita, when tribulation thlipsis or ē persecution diōgmos comes ginomai because dia of the ho word logos, immediately they fall skandalizō away . ¹⁸ · kai Others allos are eimi the ho ones sown speirō among eis the ho thorns akantha: these houtos are eimi the ho ones who hear akouō the ho word logos, ¹⁹ but kai the ho cares merimna of the ho world aiōn, · kai the ho deceitfulness apatē of ho wealth ploutos, and kai the ho desires epithumia for peri · ho many other things loipos come eisporeuomai in and choke sympnigō the ho word logos, and kai it becomes ginomai barren akarpos. ²⁰ · kai These ekeinos are eimi the ho ones sown speirō on epi · ho good kalos soil gē: · ho they hostis hear akouō the ho word logos, · kai accept paradechomai it, and kai bear karpophoreō fruit — thirty heis triakonta, · kai sixty heis hexēkonta, and kai even a hundredfold heis hekaton.”

²¹ And kai he said legō to them autos, “A lamp lychnos is not mēti brought erchomai · ho to hina be put tithēmi under hypo a ho basket modios or ē under hypo a ho bed klinē, is it? Is it not ou to hina be put tithēmi on epi a ho lampstand lychnia? ²² For gar nothing ou is eimi hidden kryptos except ean mē to hina be disclosed phaneroō; nor oude is ginomai anything concealed apokryphos, except alla to hina come erchomai to eis light phaneros. ²³ If ei anyone tis has echō ears ous to hear akouō, let him listen akouō!” ²⁴ And kai he said legō to them autos, “ Pay attention blepō to what tis you hear akouō. By en what hos measure metron you measure metreō it will be measured metreō out to you hymeis, and kai more will be added prostithēmi to you hymeis. ²⁵ For gar whoever hos has echō, more will be given didōmi to him autos; and kai whoever hos does not ou have echō, even kai what hos he does have echō will be taken airō away from apo him autos.” ²⁶ And kai he said legō, “ The ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos is eimi like hōs a man anthrōpos who scatters ballō · ho seed sporos on epi the ho ground gē. ²⁷ · kai He goes to bed katheudō and kai gets egeirō up , night nyx and kai day hēmera, and kai the ho seed sporos sprouts blastanō and kai grows mēkynō, although he autos does not ou know oida how hōs. ²⁸ The ho soil gē produces a crop karpophoreō all by itself automatos: first prōton the stalk chortos, then eita the head stachus, then eita the full plērēs grain sitos in en the ho head stachus. ²⁹ And de when hotan the ho grain karpos is ripe paradidōmi, immediately he sends apostellō in the ho sickle drepanon, because hoti the ho harvest therismos has come paristēmi.”

³⁰ Then kai he said legō, “To what pōs can we compare homoioō the ho kingdom basileia of ho God theos, or ē what tis parable parabolē can we use tithēmi for en it autos? ³¹ It is like hōs a mustard sinapi seed kokkos that hos, when hotan it is sown speirō in epi the ho ground gē, is eimi smaller mikros than all pas of the ho seeds sperma · ho on epi · ho earth gē. ³² Yet kai when hotan it is sown speirō, it grows anabainō up and kai becomes ginomai larger megas than all pas the ho garden plants lachanon and kai puts poieō out large megas branches klados, so hōste that the ho birds peteinon of the ho air ouranos are able dynamai to nest kataskēnoō in hypo · ho its autos shade skia.”

³³ So kai with parabolē many polys parables parabolē such as these toioutos he spoke laleō the ho word logos to them autos, as kathōs they were able dynamai to understand akouō. ³⁴ And de without chōris a parable parabolē he did not ou speak laleō to them autos; but de privately kata idios to ho his idios own disciples mathētēs he would explain epilyō everything pas. ³⁵ · kai On en that ekeinos same day hēmera, when ginomai evening opsia had come ginomai, he said legō to them autos, · ho “ Let us go dierchomai over to eis the ho other side peran.” ³⁶ So kai after leaving aphiēmi the ho crowd ochlos, they took paralambanō him autos with them, just hōs as he was eimi, in en the ho boat ploion. And kai other allos boats ploion were eimi with meta him autos. ³⁷ Now kai a fierce megas windstorm lailaps arose ginomai and kai the ho waves kyma began to break epiballō into eis the ho boat ploion, so hōste that the ho boat ploion was now ēdē filling gemizō. ³⁸ But kai Jesus autos was eimi in en the ho stern prymna, sleeping katheudō on epi a ho cushion proskephalaion. · kai They woke egeirō him autos and kai said legō to him autos, “ Teacher didaskalos, do you sy not ou care melei that hoti we are perishing apollymi?” ³⁹ So kai he got diegeirō up and rebuked epitimaō the ho wind anemos and kai said legō to the ho sea thalassa, “ Be still siōpaō! Settle phimoō down !” Then kai the ho wind anemos died kopazō down and kai there was ginomai a great megas calm galēnē. ⁴⁰ And kai he said legō to them autos, “ Why tis are you eimi so fearful deilos? Have you echō still oupō no faith pistis?” ⁴¹ And kai they were filled phobeomai with great megas fear phobos and kai said legō to pros one another allēlōn, “ Who tis then ara is eimi this houtos, that hoti even kai the ho wind anemos and kai the ho sea thalassa obey hypakouō him autos?”

5 So kai they went erchomai to eis the ho other side peran of the ho lake thalassa to eis the ho region chōra of the ho Gerasenes Gerasēnos. ² And kai just as Jesus autos got exerchomai out of ek the ho boat ploion, there met hypantaō him autos from ek the ho tombs mnēmeion a man anthrōpos with en an unclean akathartos spirit pneuma. ³ He hos had echō his ho dwelling katoikēsis among en the ho tombs mnēma, and kai no one oudeis could dynamai bind deō him autos any longer ouketi, not oude even with a chain halysis. ⁴ For dia · ho he autos had deō often pollakis been bound deō with shackles pedē and kai chains halysis, but kai the ho chains halysis were torn diaspaō apart by hypo him autos and kai the ho shackles pedē broken syntribō in pieces , and kai no one oudeis was strong ischuō enough to subdue damazō him autos. ⁵ · kai Unceasingly dia pas, night nyx and kai day hēmera among en the ho tombs mnēma and kai in en the ho mountains oros, he kept eimi crying krazō out and kai cutting katakoptō himself heautou with stones lithos. ⁶ But kai when he saw · ho Jesus Iēsous from apo a distance makrothen, he ran trechō and kai bowed proskyneō down before him autos. ⁷ · kai Crying krazō out in a loud megas voice phōnē, he exclaimed legō, “ What tis have you sy to do with me egō, · kai Jesus Iēsous, Son hyios of the ho · ho Most High hypsistos God theos? Swear to horkizō · ho God theos that you will basanizō not mē torment basanizō me egō!” ⁸ ( For gar Jesus had said legō to him autos, “ Come exerchomai out of ek the ho man anthrōpos, · ho you unclean akathartos spirit pneuma!”) · ho ⁹ And kai Jesus asked eperōtaō him autos, “ What tis is your sy name onoma?” · kai He said legō to him autos, “ Legion legiōn is my egō name onoma, for hoti we are eimi many polys.” ¹⁰ And kai he kept begging parakaleō him autos earnestly polys not mē to hina send apostellō them autos out exō of the ho region chōra. ¹¹ Now de a large megas herd agelē of pigs choiros was eimi feeding boskō there ekei on pros the ho mountainside oros. ¹² And kai the unclean spirits begged parakaleō him autos, saying legō, “ Send pempō us hēmeis to eis the ho pigs choiros so hina we can enter eiserchomai them autos.” ¹³ So kai he gave epitrepō them autos permission . Then kai the ho unclean akathartos spirits pneuma came exerchomai out · ho and entered eiserchomai eis the ho pigs choiros. · kai The ho herd agelē ( about hōs two thousand dischilioi strong) rushed hormaō down kata the ho steep bank krēmnos into eis the ho sea thalassa and kai was drowned pnigō. · ho ¹⁴ · kai Those ho tending boskō the pigs autos fled pheugō and kai reported apangellō it in eis the ho village polis and kai throughout eis the ho countryside agros, and kai people came erchomai to see what tis had eimi · ho happened ginomai. ¹⁵ · kai They came erchomai to pros · ho Jesus Iēsous and kai saw theōreō the ho demon-possessed daimonizomai man , the ho one who had echō the ho legion legiōn, sitting kathēmai, clothed himatizō and kai in his right mind sōphroneō, and kai they were afraid phobeomai. ¹⁶ And kai those ho who had seen it described diēgeomai to them autos what pōs had happened ginomai to the ho demon-possessed daimonizomai man , and kai all about peri the ho pigs choiros. ¹⁷ Then kai they began archō to implore parakaleō Jesus autos to depart aperchomai from apo · ho their autos region horion. ¹⁸ · kai As he autos was getting embainō into eis the ho boat ploion, the ho man who had been demon-possessed daimonizomai kept begging parakaleō him autos to hina go eimi with meta him autos. ¹⁹ But kai he did not ou permit aphiēmi him autos. Instead alla, he said legō to him autos, “ Go hypagō to eis · ho your sy home oikos, to pros · ho your sos own people, and kai tell apangellō them autos how hosos much the ho Lord kyrios has done poieō for you sy and kai that he had mercy eleeō on you sy.” ²⁰ · kai The man left aperchomai and kai began archō to proclaim kēryssō in en the ho Decapolis Dekapolis how hosos much Jesus Iēsous had done poieō for him autos; · ho and kai everyone pas was amazed thaumazō. ²¹ · kai When Jesus Iēsous had crossed diaperaō · ho in en a ho boat ploion again palin to eis the ho other side peran, a large polys crowd ochlos gathered synagō around epi him autos, and kai he was eimi by para the ho lake thalassa. ²² Then kai one heis of the ho synagogue archisynagōgos officials , Jairus Iairos by name onoma, came erchomai there. · kai When he saw Jesus autos, he fell piptō at pros · ho his autos feet pous ²³ and kai begged parakaleō him autos earnestly polys, saying legō, · ho “ My egō little daughter thugatrion is about echō to die eschatōs. Come erchomai and place epitithēmi your ho hands cheir on her autos so hina she will be healed sōzō and kai live zaō.” ²⁴ So kai Jesus went aperchomai with meta him autos. · kai A large polys crowd ochlos was following akoloutheō him autos and kai crowding synthlibō around him autos. ²⁵ And kai a woman gynē was there eimi who had had en a discharge rhysis of blood haima for twelve dōdeka years etos. ²⁶ · kai She had suffered paschō a great polys deal under hypo the care of many polys doctors iatros, and kai had spent dapanaō · ho all pas she had para, yet kai it benefitted her ōpheleō nothing mēdeis; rather alla she had grown erchomai worse mallon eis. · ho ²⁷ When she heard akouō about peri · ho Jesus Iēsous, she came erchomai up behind opisthen him in en the ho crowd ochlos and touched haptō · ho his autos cloak himation, ²⁸ for gar she had been saying legō, “ If ean I can only kan touch haptō · ho his autos clothes himation, I will be healed sōzō.” ²⁹ · kai Immediately the ho flow pēgē of ho her autos blood haima was dried xērainō up , and kai she knew ginōskō in her ho body sōma that hoti she was healed iaomai of apo the ho affliction mastix. ³⁰ And kai · ho Jesus Iēsous, knowing epiginōskō in en himself heautou that · ho power dynamis had gone out exerchomai from ek him autos, immediately turned epistrephō around in en the ho crowd ochlos and said legō, “ Who tis touched haptō my egō clothes himation?” · ho ³¹ And kai his autos disciples mathētēs said legō to him autos, · ho “ You see blepō the ho crowd ochlos pressing synthlibō around you sy and kai yet you say legō, ‘ Who tis touched haptō me egō?’” ³² But kai he looked periblepō around to see the ho one who had done poieō this houtos. ³³ Then de the ho woman gynē, with fear phobeomai and kai trembling tremō, knowing oida what hos had happened ginomai to her autos, came erchomai and kai fell prospiptō down before him autos and kai told legō him autos the ho whole pas truth alētheia. ³⁴ And de he ho said legō to her autos, “ Daughter thugatēr, · ho your sy faith pistis has made you sy well sōzō. Go hypagō in eis peace eirēnē and kai be eimi healed hygiēs of apo · ho your sy affliction mastix.”

³⁵ While he autos was still eti speaking laleō, people came erchomai from apo the ho synagogue archisynagōgos official , saying legō, · ho “ Your sy daughter thugatēr has died apothnēskō. Why tis trouble skyllō the ho teacher didaskalos any longer eti?” ³⁶ · ho But de Jesus Iēsous, ignoring parakouō · ho what logos was said laleō, said legō to the ho synagogue archisynagōgos official , “ Do not mē be afraid phobeomai; only monon believe pisteuō.” ³⁷ And kai he did not ou permit aphiēmi anyone oudeis to follow synakoloutheō him autos, except ei mē · ho Peter Petros, · kai James Iakōbos, and kai John Iōannēs the ho brother adelphos of James Iakōbos. ³⁸ · kai They came erchomai to eis the ho house oikos of the ho synagogue archisynagōgos official , and kai Jesus saw theōreō a commotion thorybos · kai with people weeping klaiō and kai wailing alalazō loudly polys. ³⁹ · kai Upon entering eiserchomai he said legō to them autos, “ Why tis are you making such a commotion thorybeō and kai weeping klaiō? The ho child paidion has not ou died apothnēskō, but alla is sleeping katheudō.” ⁴⁰ And kai they began to ridicule katagelaō him autos. But de when he autos had put ekballō them all pas out , he took paralambanō the ho father patēr of the ho child paidion and kai her ho mother mētēr and kai those ho who were with meta him autos and kai went eisporeuomai in where hopou the ho child paidion was eimi. ⁴¹ And kai taking krateō hold of the ho child’ s paidion hand cheir, · ho he said legō to her autos, “ Talitha talitha koum koum!” which hos is eimi translated methermēneuō, · ho “ Little girl korasion, I say legō to you sy, arise egeirō.” ⁴² And kai the ho little girl korasion got up anistēmi at once and kai began to walk peripateō; for gar she was eimi twelve dōdeka years etos old . And kai immediately they were utterly megas amazed existēmi. ⁴³ And kai Jesus strictly polys ordered diastellō them autos that hina no mēdeis one should know ginōskō about this houtos, and kai he told legō them that something to eat esthiō should be given didōmi to her autos.

6 And kai Jesus left exerchomai from ekeithen there and kai went erchomai to eis · ho his autos hometown patris, and kai his autos disciples mathētēs followed akoloutheō him autos. · ho ² And kai when the Sabbath sabbaton came ginomai, he began archō to teach didaskō in en the ho synagogue synagōgē. And kai many polys, when they heard akouō him, were astonished ekplēssō, saying legō, “ Where pothen does this houtos man get these houtos things ? · kai What tis · ho wisdom sophia · ho has been given didōmi to him houtos? · kai How are ginomai such toioutos · ho mighty dynamis works done ginomai through dia · ho his autos hands cheir? ³ Is eimi this man houtos not ou the ho carpenter tektōn, the ho son hyios of ho Mary Maria and kai the brother adelphos of James Iakōbos, · kai Joses Iōsēs, · kai Judas Ioudas, and kai Simon Simōn? And kai are eimi not ou · ho his autos sisters adelphē here hōde with pros us hēmeis?” And kai they were deeply offended skandalizō at en him autos. ⁴ And kai Jesus Iēsous said legō to them autos, · ho “A prophet prophētēs is eimi not ou without honor atimos except ei mē in en · ho his autos hometown patris, and kai among en · ho his autos relatives syngenēs, and kai in en · ho his autos own household oikia.” ⁵ And kai he was not ou able dynamai to do poieō any oudeis mighty work dynamis there ekei, except ei mē that he laid epitithēmi his ho hands cheir on epitithēmi a few oligos sick arrōstos people and healed therapeuō them. ⁶ And kai he was amazed thaumazō at dia · ho their autos lack of faith apistia. And kai he went periagō around among kyklōi the ho villages kōmē teaching didaskō.

⁷ And kai he called proskaleō to himself the ho twelve dōdeka and kai began archō to send apostellō them autos out two dyo by two dyo, and kai gave didōmi them autos authority exousia over the ho unclean akathartos spirits pneuma. · ho ⁸ · kai He instructed parangellō them autos to hina take airō nothing mēdeis for eis their journey hodos except ei mē simply monon a staff rhabdos— no mē bread artos, no mē bag pēra, no mē money chalkos in eis their ho belts zōnē— ⁹ but alla to wear hypodeō sandals sandalion. Then kai he added, “ Do not mē put endyō on two dyo tunics chitōn.” ¹⁰ And kai he said legō to them autos, “ Whenever hopou ean you enter eiserchomai a house oikia, stay menō there ekei until heōs you leave exerchomai that area ekeithen. ¹¹ And kai any hos place topos that does not mē receive dechomai you hymeis or mēde listen akouō to you hymeis, when you leave ekporeuomai there ekeithen, shake ektinassō off the ho dust chous · ho from under hypokatō · ho your hymeis feet pous as eis a witness martyrion against them autos.” ¹² So kai departing exerchomai, they proclaimed kēryssō that hina people should repent metanoeō, ¹³ and kai they drove out ekballō many polys demons daimonion. · kai They anointed aleiphō with oil elaion many polys who were sick arrōstos and kai healed therapeuō them.