The Life of Jesus

and his disciples having come to him, awoke him, saying, `Sir, save us; we are perishing.'

And he saith to them, `Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?' Then having risen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm;

and the men wondered, saying, `What kind--is this, that even the wind and the sea do obey him?'

And he having come to the other side, to the region of the Gergesenes, there met him two demoniacs, coming forth out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass over by that way,

and lo, they cried out, saying, `What--to us and to thee, Jesus, Son of God? didst thou come hither, before the time, to afflict us?'

And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding,

and the demons were calling on him, saying, `If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

and he saith to them, `Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters,

and those feeding did flee, and, having gone to the city, they declared all, and the matter of the demoniacs.

And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on him that he might depart from their borders.

And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city,

and lo, they were bringing to him a paralytic, laid upon a couch, and Jesus having seen their faith, said to the paralytic, `Be of good courage, child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, `This one doth speak evil.'

And Jesus, having known their thoughts, said, `Why think ye evil in your hearts?

for which is easier? to say, The sins have been forgiven to thee; or to say, Rise, and walk?

`But, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power upon the earth to forgive sins--(then saith he to the paralytic) --having risen, take up thy couch, and go to thy house.'

And he, having risen, went to his house,

and the multitudes having seen, wondered, and glorified God, who did give such power to men.

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

And Jesus having heard, said to them, `They who are whole have no need of a physician, but they who are ill;

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

And Jesus said to them, `Can the sons of the bride-chamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast.