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21 And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead. 23 And when he had entered the ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish. 26 And he said to them: Why are you fearful, you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea: and there was a great calm. 27 But the men were astonished, and said: What man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! 28 And when he had come to the opposite side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two men, coming out of the tombs, possessed with demons, very fierce, so that no one could pass that way. 29 And behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God? Hast thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 Now there was, at a distance from them, a herd of many swine, feeding. 31 And the demons besought him, saying: If thou cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said to them: Go. And when they had come out, they went away into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine rushed down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. 33 And those who fed them fled, and went into the city, and told every thing, and what had happened to those who had been possessed with the demons. 34 And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they besought him to depart out of their borders. Matthew 8:21-34, Anderson New Testament. Public domain.
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