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==CHAPTER 19==

==CHAPTER 19==

Peter was now up, and making his way to the boat, said to Jesus:  

Peter was now up, and making his way to the boat, said to Jesus:  

*"'''Master, shall I talk to them'''?"  

*"Master, shall I talk to them?"  

Jesus answered:  

Jesus answered:  

*"'''No, Peter, I will tell them a story'''."  

*"No, Peter, I will tell them a story."  

This boat had an elevated seat on which he sat while he talked to the crowd assembled along the shore.  

This boat had an elevated seat on which he sat while he talked to the crowd assembled along the shore.  

After Peter had spoken a few words, Jesus said:

After Peter had spoken a few words, Jesus said:

*"A sower went forth to sow, and it came to pass as he sowed that some seed fell by the wayside to be trodden underfoot and devoured by the birds of heaven. Other seed fell upon the rocky places where there was little earth, and immediately it sprang up because there was no depth to the soil, but as soon as the sun shone, it withered because it had no root whereby to secure moisture. Other seed fell among the thorns, and as the thorns grew up, it was choked so that it yielded no grain. Still other seed fell upon good ground, and growing, yielded some thirty fold, some sixty fold, and some a hundredfold."  

*<u>"A '''sower''' went forth to sow,</u> and it came to pass as he sowed that some seed fell by the wayside to be trodden underfoot and devoured by the birds of heaven. Other seed fell upon the rocky places where there was little earth, and immediately it sprang up because there was no depth to the soil, but as soon as the sun shone, it withered because it had no root whereby to secure moisture. Other seed fell among the thorns, and as the thorns grew up, it was choked so that it yielded no grain. Still other seed fell upon good ground, and growing, yielded some thirty fold, some sixty fold, and some a hundredfold."  

And when he had finished speaking this parable, he said to the multitude:  

And when he had finished speaking this parable, he said to the multitude:  

After much talking among themselves, that evening in the Zebedee garden Matthew said to Jesus:  

After much talking among themselves, that evening in the Zebedee garden Matthew said to Jesus:  

*"'''Master, what is the meaning of the dark sayings that you present to the multitude? Why do you speak in parables to those who seek the truth'''?"  

*<u>"Master, what is the meaning of the dark sayings that you present to the multitude? Why do you speak in '''parables''' to those who seek the truth?"</u>

And Jesus answered:

And Jesus answered:

As Jesus came out in the rain, he looked first at Peter, and then peering into the darkness at the struggling oarsmen, he turned his glance back upon Simon Peter, who, in his agitation, had not yet returned to his oar, and said:  

As Jesus came out in the rain, he looked first at Peter, and then peering into the darkness at the struggling oarsmen, he turned his glance back upon Simon Peter, who, in his agitation, had not yet returned to his oar, and said:  

*"'''Why are all of you so filled with fear? Where is your faith'''? Peace, be quiet."  

*"Why are all of you so filled with fear? Where is your faith? Peace, be quiet."  

Jesus had hardly uttered this rebuke to Peter and the other apostles, he had hardly bidden Peter seek peace wherewith to quiet his troubled soul, when the disturbed atmosphere, having established its equilibrium, settled down into a great calm. The angry waves almost immediately subsided, while the dark clouds, having spent themselves in a short shower, vanished, and the stars of heaven shone overhead. All this was purely coincidental as far as we can judge. But the apostles, in particular, Simon Peter, never ceased to regard the episode as a nature miracle.  

Jesus had hardly uttered this rebuke to Peter and the other apostles, he had hardly bidden Peter seek peace wherewith to quiet his troubled soul, when the disturbed atmosphere, having established its equilibrium, settled down into a great calm. The angry waves almost immediately subsided, while the dark clouds, having spent themselves in a short shower, vanished, and the stars of heaven shone overhead. All this was purely coincidental as far as we can judge. But the apostles, in particular, Simon Peter, never ceased to regard the episode as a nature miracle.  

When Amos recognized Jesus, he fell down at his feet and exclaimed:  

When Amos recognized Jesus, he fell down at his feet and exclaimed:  

*"'''I know you, Jesus, but I am possessed of many devils, and I beseech that you will not torment me'''."  

*"I know you, Jesus, but I am possessed of many devils, and I beseech that you will not torment me."  

This man truly believed that his periodic mental affliction was due to the fact that, at such times, evil or unclean spirits entered into him and dominated his mind and body. His troubles were mostly emotional -- his brain was not grossly diseased.  

This man truly believed that his periodic mental affliction was due to the fact that, at such times, evil or unclean spirits entered into him and dominated his mind and body. His troubles were mostly emotional -- his brain was not grossly diseased.  

====Continuing====

====Continued====

As the swine herders rushed into the village to spread the news of the taming of the lunatic, the dogs charged upon a small and untended herd of about thirty swine and drove most of them over a precipice into the sea. It was this incidental occurrence, in connection with the presence of Jesus and the supposed miraculous curing of the lunatic that gave origin to the legend that Jesus had cured Amos by casting a legion of devils out of him, and that these devils had entered into the herd of swine, causing them to rush headlong to their destruction in the sea below. Before the day was over, this episode was published abroad by the swine tenders, and the whole village believed it. Amos most certainly believed this story. He saw the swine tumbling over the brow of the hill shortly after his troubled mind had quieted down, and he always believed that they carried with them the very evil spirits that had so long tormented and afflicted him. And this had a good deal to do with the permanency of his cure. It is equally true that all of Jesus' apostles (save Thomas) believed that the episode of the swine was directly connected with the cure of Amos.  

As the swine herders rushed into the village to spread the news of the taming of the lunatic, the dogs charged upon a small and untended herd of about thirty swine and drove most of them over a precipice into the sea. It was this incidental occurrence, in connection with the presence of Jesus and the supposed miraculous curing of the lunatic that gave origin to the legend that Jesus had cured Amos by casting a legion of devils out of him, and that these devils had entered into the herd of swine, causing them to rush headlong to their destruction in the sea below. Before the day was over, this episode was published abroad by the swine tenders, and the whole village believed it. Amos most certainly believed this story. He saw the swine tumbling over the brow of the hill shortly after his troubled mind had quieted down, and he always believed that they carried with them the very evil spirits that had so long tormented and afflicted him. And this had a good deal to do with the permanency of his cure. It is equally true that all of Jesus' apostles (save Thomas) believed that the episode of the swine was directly connected with the cure of Amos.