Luke 8
8Some time later Jesus traveled through towns and villages, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of God. The twelve disciples went with him,G2532G1096G1722G2517G2532G846G1353G2596G4172G2532G2968G2784G2532G2097G932G2316G2532G1427G4862G8462and so did some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had been driven out;G2532G5100G1135G3739G2258G2323G575G4190G4151G2532G769G3137G2564G3094G575G3739G1831G2033G11403Joanna, whose husband Chuza was an officer in Herod's court; and Susanna, and many other women who used their own resources to help Jesus and his disciples.G2532G2489G1135G5529G2264G2012G2532G4677G2532G4183G2087G3748G1247G846G575G846G52244People kept coming to Jesus from one town after another; and when a great crowd gathered, Jesus told this parable:G1161G4183G3793G4896G2532G1975G4314G846G2596G4172G2036G1223G38505"Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up.G4687G1831G4687G846G4703G2532G1722G846G4687G3739G3303G4098G3844G3598G2532G2662G2532G4071G3772G2719G8466Some of it fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted, they dried up because the soil had no moisture.G2532G2087G4098G1909G4073G2532G5453G3583G1223G3361G2192G24297Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up with the plants and choked them.G2532G2087G4098G1722G3319G173G2532G173G4855G638G1970G8468And some seeds fell in good soil; the plants grew and bore grain, one hundred grains each." And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"G2532G2087G4098G1909G18G1093G2532G5453G4160G2590G1542G3004G5023G5455G2192G3775G191G1919His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,G1161G846G3101G1905G846G3004G5101G1498G3778G3850G149810and he answered, "The knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom of God has been given to you, but to the rest it comes by means of parables, so that they may look but not see, and listen but not understand.G1161G2036G5213G1325G1097G3466G932G2316G1161G3062G1722G3850G2443G991G991G3361G991G2532G191G4920G3361G492011"This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.G1161G3850G2076G3778G4703G2076G3056G231612The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear; but the Devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts in order to keep them from believing and being saved.G1161G3844G3598G1526G191G1534G2064G1228G2532G142G3056G575G846G2588G3363G4100G498213The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away.G1161G1909G4073G3739G3752G191G1209G3056G3326G5479G2532G3778G2192G3756G4491G3739G4314G2540G4100G2532G1722G2540G3986G86814The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear; but the worries and riches and pleasures of this life crowd in and choke them, and their fruit never ripens.G1161G4098G1519G173G1526G3778G191G4198G2532G4846G5259G3308G2532G4149G2532G2237G979G2532G5052G3756G505215The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.G1161G1722G2570G1093G1526G3778G3748G1722G2570G2532G18G2588G191G3056G2722G2532G2592G1722G528116"No one lights a lamp and covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, it is put on the lampstand, so that people will see the light as they come in.G1161G3762G681G3088G2572G846G4632G2228G5087G5270G2825G235G2007G1909G3087G2443G1531G991G545717"Whatever is hidden away will be brought out into the open, and whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.G1063G3756G2076G2927G3739G1096G3756G1096G5318G3761G614G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G2064G1519G531818"Be careful, then, how you listen; because those who have something will be given more, but whoever has nothing will have taken away from them even the little they think they have."G991G3767G4459G191G1063G3739G302G2192G846G1325G2532G3739G302G2192G3361G575G846G142G2532G3739G1380G219219Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd.G1161G3854G4314G846G3384G2532G846G80G2532G1410G3756G4940G846G1223G379320Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you."G2532G518G846G3004G4675G3384G2532G4675G80G2476G1854G2309G1492G457121Jesus said to them all, "My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it."G1161G611G2036G4314G846G3450G3384G2532G3450G80G1526G3778G3588G191G3056G2316G2532G4160G84622One 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.G2532G1096G1722G3391G2250G2532G846G1684G1519G4143G2532G846G3101G2532G2036G4314G846G1330G1519G4008G3041G2532G32123As 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.G1161G846G4126G879G2532G2597G2978G417G1519G3041G2532G4845G2532G279324The 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 to the stormy water; they quieted down, and there was a great calm.G1161G4334G1326G846G3004G1988G1988G622G1161G1453G2008G417G2532G2830G5204G2532G3973G2532G1096G105525Then 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!"G1161G2036G846G4226G2076G5216G4102G1161G5399G2296G3004G4314G240G5101G686G2076G3778G3754G2004G2532G417G2532G5204G2532G5219G84626Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of Gerasa, which is across the lake from Galilee.G2532G2668G1519G5561G1046G3748G2076G495G105627As 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.G1161G846G1831G1909G1093G5221G846G1537G4172G5100G435G3739G2192G1140G1537G2425G5550G2532G1737G3756G2440G2532G3756G3306G1722G3614G235G1722G341828When 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!"G1161G1492G2424G349G2532G4363G846G2532G3173G5456G2036G5101G1698G2532G4671G2424G5207G2316G5310G1189G4675G928G3165G336129He 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 tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert.G1063G3853G3853G169G4151G1831G575G444G1063G4183G5550G4884G846G2532G5442G1196G254G2532G3976G2532G1284G1199G1643G5259G1142G1519G204830Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is 'Mob,' " he answered - -because many demons had gone into him.G1161G2424G1905G846G3004G5101G2076G4671G3686G1161G2036G3003G3754G4183G1140G1525G1519G84631The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.G2532G3870G3870G846G3363G2004G3363G2004G846G565G1519G1232There 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.G1161G2258G1563G34G2425G5519G1006G1722G3735G2532G3870G846G2443G2010G846G1525G1519G1565G2532G2010G84633They 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.G1161G1831G1140G575G444G1525G1519G5519G2532G34G3729G2596G2911G1519G3041G2532G63834The 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.G1161G1006G1492G1096G5343G2532G565G518G1519G4172G2532G1519G6835People 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.G1161G1831G1492G1096G2532G2064G4314G2424G2532G2147G444G575G3739G1140G1831G2521G3844G4228G2424G2439G2532G4993G2532G539936Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been cured.G1161G2532G1492G518G846G4459G1139G498237Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.G2532G537G4128G4066G1046G4066G2065G846G565G575G846G3754G4912G3173G5401G1161G846G1684G1519G4143G529038The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent him away, saying,G1161G435G575G3739G1140G1831G1189G846G1511G4862G846G1161G2424G630G846G630G300439"Go back home and tell what God has done for you." The man went through the town, telling what Jesus had done for him.G5290G1519G4675G3624G2532G1334G3745G2316G4160G4671G2532G565G2784G2596G3650G4172G3745G2424G4160G84640When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the people welcomed him, because they had all been waiting for him.G1161G1096G1722G2424G5290G3793G588G846G1063G2258G3956G4328G84641Then a man named Jairus arrived; he was an official in the local synagogue. He threw himself down at Jesus' feet and begged him to go to his home,G2532G2400G2064G435G3739G3686G2383G2532G846G5225G758G4864G2532G4098G3844G2424G4228G3870G846G1525G1519G846G362442because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side.G3754G846G2258G3439G2364G5613G1427G2094G2532G3778G846G599G1161G1722G846G5217G3793G4846G84643Among them was a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years; she had spent all she had on doctors, but no one had been able to cure her.G2532G1135G5607G1722G4511G129G1427G575G2094G3748G4321G3650G979G1519G2395G3756G2480G2323G5259G376244She came up in the crowd behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once.G4334G3693G680G2899G846G2440G2532G3916G846G4511G129G247645Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Everyone denied it, and Peter said, "Master, the people are all around you and crowding in on you."G2532G2424G2036G5101G680G3450G1161G3956G720G4074G2532G3326G846G2036G1988G3793G4912G4571G2532G598G2532G3004G5101G680G345046But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me."G1161G2424G2036G5100G680G3450G1063G1473G1097G1411G1831G575G170047The woman saw that she had been found out, so she came trembling and threw herself at Jesus' feet. There in front of everybody, she told him why she had touched him and how she had been healed at once.G1161G1135G1492G3754G2990G3756G2990G2064G5141G2532G4363G846G518G846G1799G3956G2992G1223G3739G156G680G846G2532G5613G2390G391648Jesus said to her, "My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace."G1161G2036G846G2364G2293G4675G4102G4982G4571G4982G4198G1519G151549While Jesus was saying this, a messenger came from the official's house. "Your daughter has died," he told Jairus; "don't bother the Teacher any longer."G846G2089G2980G2064G5100G3844G752G3004G846G3754G4675G2364G2348G4660G3361G132050But Jesus heard it and said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; only believe, and she will be well."G1161G2424G191G611G846G3004G5399G3361G4100G3440G2532G498251When he arrived at the house, he would not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.G1161G1525G1519G3614G863G3756G3762G1525G1508G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G2532G3962G2532G3384G381652Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, "Don't cry; the child is not dead - -she is only sleeping!"G1161G3956G2799G2532G2875G846G1161G2036G2799G3361G599G3756G599G235G251853They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.G2532G2606G846G2606G1492G3754G59954But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, "Get up, child!"G1161G846G1544G3956G1854G2532G2902G846G5495G5455G3004G3816G145355Her life returned, and she got up at once, and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat.G2532G846G4151G1994G2532G450G3916G2532G1299G1325G846G531556Her parents were astounded, but Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what had happened.G2532G846G1118G1839G1161G3853G846G2036G3367G1096
Columbus, OH
