16. “People do not light a lamp and cover it with a bowl or put it under a bed. Instead, they put it on the lampstand, so that people will see the light as they come in.
17. “Whatever is hidden away will be brought out into the open, and whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.
18. “Be careful, then, how you listen; because those who have something will be given more, but those who have nothing will have taken away from them even the little they think they have.”
19. Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
20. Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.”
21. Jesus said to them all, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
22. One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they started out.
23. As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that they were all in great danger.
24. The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master! We are about to die!”Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and the stormy water; they died down, and there was a great calm.
25. Then he said to the disciples, “Where is your faith?”But they were amazed and afraid, and said to one another, “Who is this man? He gives orders to the winds and waves, and they obey him!”
26. Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of Gerasa, which is across the lake from Galilee.
27. As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves.
28. When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!”
29. He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet fastened with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert.
30. Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”“My name is ‘Mob’,” he answered — because many demons had gone into him.
31. The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.
32. There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them.
33. They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
34. The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the farms.
35. People went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid.