HKB
fruit; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. (29)But when the grain is ready, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because harvest is come.
(30)And he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God, and under what parabolic figure shall I represent it? (31)It is like a grain of mustard, which when it is sown in the earth, is among the least of all the seeds which are upon the earth: (32)but when it is sown, it groweth up and becomes greater than all herbaceous plants, and produceth vast branches; so that the birds of the air may roost under the shadow of it. (33)And with many such like parables spake he to them the word. (34)And without a parable spake he not unto them; but in private he explained them all to his disciples.
(35)And the same day he saith unto them, as the evening shut in, Let us pass over to the other side. (36)And sending the multitude away, they took him just as he was in the vessel; and there were also some other little vessels with him. (37)And a great hurricane arose, and the waves broke into the vessel, so that it was now full of water: (38)and he was in the stern, sleeping on a pillow: and they awoke him, and say unto him, Master, is it no concern to thee that we are perishing? (39)And rising, he with authority charged the wind, and said to the sea, Silence! be still! And the wind subsided, and there was a great calm. (40)And he said to them, Why are ye so timorous? How is it that ye have not confidence? (41)And they were filled with the most reverential awe, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
CHAP. V.
AND they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. (2)And as he was going out of the vessel, immediately there met him a man with an unclean spirit, (3)coming out of the tombs; who had his abode among the tombs; and no man could secure him, not even with chains; (4)for he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains were burst asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, and no man was able to master him: (5)and continually night and day he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, screaming, and cutting himself with stones. (6)But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, (7)and crying with a loud voice, said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou dost not send me to torment. (8)(For he had said unto him, Come out, unclean spirit, from the man.) (9)And he interrogated him, What is thy name? and he replied, saying, Legion is my name; for we are many. (10)And he entreated him much that he would not send them out of the country. (11)And a great herd of swine was there feeding on the mountain: (12)and all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. (13)And immediately Jesus permitted them. And the unclean spirits going forth, entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently down a precipice into the sea (they were about two thousand), and were suffocated in the sea. (14)Then the swineherds fled, and carried the tidings into the city and into the country. And they went out to see what was done. (15)And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac that had the legion, seated and clothed, and in his sound mind: and they were afraid. (16)And they who saw the transaction, told them how it had been with the demoniac, and concerning the swine. (17)And they began to entreat him to depart out of their coasts.