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And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

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And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

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No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

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And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

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And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

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But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

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Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

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But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

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Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

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And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

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And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

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And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

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And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

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Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

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And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

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And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

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And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

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And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

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And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

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But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

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And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

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For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

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And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

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But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

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And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

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