Mark 4 – 5 1145
31 “ It is like a mustard seed , which , when sown upon the soil , though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil ,
32 yet when it is sown , it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches ; so that the birds of the a air can nest under its shade .”
33 With many such parables He was speaking the word to them , so far as they were able to hear it ;
34 and He did not speak to them without a parable ; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples .
Jesus Stills the Sea
35 On that day , when evening came , He * said to them , “ Let us go over to the other side .”
36 Leaving the crowd , they * took Him along with them in the boat , just as He was ; and other boats were with Him .
37 And there * arose a fierce gale of wind , and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up .
38 Jesus Himself was in the stern , asleep on the cushion ; and they * woke Him and * said to Him , “ Teacher , do You not care that we are perishing ?”
39 And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea , “ Hush , be still .” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm .
40 And He said to them , “ Why are you afraid ? Do you still have no faith ?”
41 They became very much afraid and said to one another , “ Who then is this , that even the wind and the sea obey Him ?”
The Gerasene Demoniac
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They came to the other side of the sea , into the country of the Gerasenes .
2 When He got out of the boat , immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him ,
3 and he had his dwelling among the tombs . And no one was able to bind him anymore , even with a chain ;
4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains , and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces , and no one was strong enough to subdue him .
5 Constantly , night and day , he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains , and gashing himself with
6 Seeing Jesus from a distance , he ran up and bowed down before Him ;
7 and shouting with a loud voice , he * said , “ What business do we have with each other , Jesus , Son of the Most High God ? I implore You by God , do not torment me !”
8 For He had been saying to him , “ Come out of the man , you unclean spirit !”
9 And He was asking him , “ What is your name ?” And he * said to Him , “ My name is Legion ; for we are many .”
10 And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country .
11 Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain .
12 The demons implored Him , saying , “ Send us into the swine so that we may enter them .”
13 Jesus gave them permission . And coming out , the unclean spirits entered the swine ; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea , about two thousand of them ; and they were drowned in the sea .
14 Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country . And the people came to see what it was that had happened .
15 They * came to Jesus and * observed the man who had been demon- possessed sitting down , clothed and in his right mind , the very man who had had the “ legion ”; and they became frightened .
16 Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demonpossessed man , and all about the swine .
17 And they began to implore Him to leave their region .
18 As He was getting into the boat , the man who had been demon- possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him .
19 And He did not let him , but He * said to him , “ Go home to your people and report to them b what great things the Lord has done for you , and how He had mercy on you .”
20 And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him ; and everyone was amazed .
Miracles and Healing
21 When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side , a large crowd gathered around Him ; and so He stayed by the seashore .
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