17. Everything that is hidden will become clear. Every secret thing will be made known.
18. So be careful how you listen. The person who has something will be given more. But to the person who has nothing, this will happen: Even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
19. Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. There was such a crowd that they could not get to him.
20. Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside. They want to see you.”
21. Jesus answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God’s teaching and obey it!”
22. One day Jesus and his followers got into a boat. He said to them, “Come with me across the lake.” And so they started across.
23. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A big storm blew up on the lake. The boat began to fill with water, and they were in danger.
24. The followers went to Jesus and woke him. They said, “Master! Master! We will drown!”Jesus got up and gave a command to the wind and the waves. The wind stopped, and the lake became calm.
25. Jesus said to his followers, “Where is your faith?”The followers were afraid and amazed. They said to each other, “What kind of man is this? He commands the wind and the water, and they obey him!”
26. Jesus and his followers sailed across the lake from Galilee to the area where the Gerasene people live.
27. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man from the town came to Jesus. This man had demons inside him. For a long time he had worn no clothes. He lived in the burial caves, not in a house.