18Now when Jesussawgreatmultitudesabouthim, he gave commandment to departunto the other side.19And a certainscribecame , and said unto him,Master, I will followtheewhithersoeverthougoest .
20AndJesussaith unto him,The foxeshaveholes,and the birds of the air have nests;but the Son of manhathnotwhere to lay his head.21Andanother of hisdisciplessaid unto him,Lord,suffermefirst to goandburymyfather.22ButJesussaid unto him,Followme;andlet the deadburytheirdead.23And when he was enteredinto a ship,hisdisciplesfollowedhim.24And,behold , there arose a greattempestin the sea, insomuch that the ship was coveredwith the waves:buthe was asleep .
25Andhisdisciplescame to him, and awokehim,saying , Lord,saveus: we perish .
26And he saith unto them,Why are yefearful, O ye of little faith?Then he arose , and rebuked the windsand the sea;and there was a greatcalm.27But the menmarvelled , saying , What manner of manisthis,thateven the windsand the seaobeyhim!28And when he was cometo the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there methimtwo possessed with devils , coming out of the tombs,exceedingfierce, so thatnomanmightpassbythatway.29And,behold , they cried out , saying , What have we to do withthee,Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou comehither to tormentusbefore the time?30And there was a good way offfromthem an herd of manyswinefeeding .
31So the devilsbesoughthim,saying , If thou castusout , sufferus to go awayinto the herd of swine.32And he said unto them,Go .And when they were come out , they wentinto the herd of swine:and,behold , the wholeherd of swine ran violentlydown a steep placeinto the sea,andperishedin the waters.33And they that kept them fled , and went their waysinto the city, and told every thing,and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils .
34And,behold , the wholecity came outtomeetJesus:and when they sawhim, they besought him that he would depart out oftheircoasts.
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