Luke 8
8Soon afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,G2532G1096G1722G2517G2532G846G1353G2596G4172G2532G2968G2784G2532G2097G932G2316G2532G1427G4862G8462as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,G2532G5100G1135G3739G2258G2323G575G4190G4151G2532G769G3137G2564G3094G575G3739G1831G2033G11403and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their resources.G2532G2489G1135G5529G2264G2012G2532G4677G2532G4183G2087G3748G1247G846G575G846G52244When a great crowd gathered and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:G1161G4183G3793G4896G2532G1975G4314G846G2596G4172G2036G1223G38505"A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.G4687G1831G4687G846G4703G2532G1722G846G4687G3739G3303G4098G3844G3598G2532G2662G2532G4071G3772G2719G8466Some fell on the rock; and as it grew up, it withered for lack of moisture.G2532G2087G4098G1909G4073G2532G5453G3583G1223G3361G2192G24297Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.G2532G2087G4098G1722G3319G173G2532G173G4855G638G1970G8468Some fell into good soil, and when it grew, it produced a hundredfold." As he said this, he called out, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"G2532G2087G4098G1909G18G1093G2532G5453G4160G2590G1542G3004G5023G5455G2192G3775G191G1919Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.G1161G846G3101G1905G846G3004G5101G1498G3778G3850G149810He said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that 'looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.'G1161G2036G5213G1325G1097G3466G932G2316G1161G3062G1722G3850G2443G991G991G3361G991G2532G191G4920G3361G492011"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.G1161G3850G2076G3778G4703G2076G3056G231612The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.G1161G3844G3598G1526G191G1534G2064G1228G2532G142G3056G575G846G2588G3363G4100G498213The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away.G1161G1909G4073G3739G3752G191G1209G3056G3326G5479G2532G3778G2192G3756G4491G3739G4314G2540G4100G2532G1722G2540G3986G86814As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.G1161G4098G1519G173G1526G3778G191G4198G2532G4846G5259G3308G2532G4149G2532G2237G979G2532G5052G3756G505215But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.G1161G1722G2570G1093G1526G3778G3748G1722G2570G2532G18G2588G191G3056G2722G2532G2592G1722G528116"No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.G1161G3762G681G3088G2572G846G4632G2228G5087G5270G2825G235G2007G1909G3087G2443G1531G991G545717For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light.G1063G3756G2076G2927G3739G1096G3756G1096G5318G3761G614G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G2064G1519G531818Then pay attention to how you listen; for to those who have, more will be given; and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away."G991G3767G4459G191G1063G3739G302G2192G846G1325G2532G3739G302G2192G3361G575G846G142G2532G3739G1380G219219Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd.G1161G3854G4314G846G3384G2532G846G80G2532G1410G3756G4940G846G1223G379320And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you."G2532G518G846G3004G4675G3384G2532G4675G80G2476G1854G2309G1492G457121But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."G1161G611G2036G4314G846G3450G3384G2532G3450G80G1526G3778G3588G191G3056G2316G2532G4160G84622One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they put out,G2532G1096G1722G3391G2250G2532G846G1684G1519G4143G2532G846G3101G2532G2036G4314G846G1330G1519G4008G3041G2532G32123and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.G1161G846G4126G879G2532G2597G2978G417G1519G3041G2532G4845G2532G279324They went to him and woke him up, shouting, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.G1161G4334G1326G846G3004G1988G1988G622G1161G1453G2008G417G2532G2830G5204G2532G3973G2532G1096G105525He said to them, "Where is your faith?" They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"G1161G2036G846G4226G2076G5216G4102G1161G5399G2296G3004G4314G240G5101G686G2076G3778G3754G2004G2532G417G2532G5204G2532G5219G84626Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.G2532G2668G1519G5561G1046G3748G2076G495G105627As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs.G1161G846G1831G1909G1093G5221G846G1537G4172G5100G435G3739G2192G1140G1537G2425G5550G2532G1737G3756G2440G2532G3756G3306G1722G3614G235G1722G341828When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me"—G1161G1492G2424G349G2532G4363G846G2532G3173G5456G2036G5101G1698G2532G4671G2424G5207G2316G5310G1189G4675G928G3165G336129for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.)G1063G3853G3853G169G4151G1831G575G444G1063G4183G5550G4884G846G2532G5442G1196G254G2532G3976G2532G1284G1199G1643G5259G1142G1519G204830Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him.G1161G2424G1905G846G3004G5101G2076G4671G3686G1161G2036G3003G3754G4183G1140G1525G1519G84631They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.G2532G3870G3870G846G3363G2004G3363G2004G846G565G1519G1232Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.G1161G2258G1563G34G2425G5519G1006G1722G3735G2532G3870G846G2443G2010G846G1525G1519G1565G2532G2010G84633Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.G1161G1831G1140G575G444G1525G1519G5519G2532G34G3729G2596G2911G1519G3041G2532G63834When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country.G1161G1006G1492G1096G5343G2532G565G518G1519G4172G2532G1519G6835Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.G1161G1831G1492G1096G2532G2064G4314G2424G2532G2147G444G575G3739G1140G1831G2521G3844G4228G2424G2439G2532G4993G2532G539936Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed.G1161G2532G1492G518G846G4459G1139G498237Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.G2532G537G4128G4066G1046G4066G2065G846G565G575G846G3754G4912G3173G5401G1161G846G1684G1519G4143G529038The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying,G1161G435G575G3739G1140G1831G1189G846G1511G4862G846G1161G2424G630G846G630G300439"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.G5290G1519G4675G3624G2532G1334G3745G2316G4160G4671G2532G565G2784G2596G3650G4172G3745G2424G4160G84640Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.G1161G1096G1722G2424G5290G3793G588G846G1063G2258G3956G4328G84641Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus' feet and begged him to come to his house,G2532G2400G2064G435G3739G3686G2383G2532G846G5225G758G4864G2532G4098G3844G2424G4228G3870G846G1525G1519G846G362442for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. As he went, the crowds pressed in on him.G3754G846G2258G3439G2364G5613G1427G2094G2532G3778G846G599G1161G1722G846G5217G3793G4846G84643Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians, no one could cure her.G2532G1135G5607G1722G4511G129G1427G575G2094G3748G4321G3650G979G1519G2395G3756G2480G2323G5259G376244She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his clothes, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped.G4334G3693G680G2899G846G2440G2532G3916G846G4511G129G247645Then Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds surround you and press in on you."G2532G2424G2036G5101G680G3450G1161G3956G720G4074G2532G3326G846G2036G1988G3793G4912G4571G2532G598G2532G3004G5101G680G345046But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; for I noticed that power had gone out from me."G1161G2424G2036G5100G680G3450G1063G1473G1097G1411G1831G575G170047When the woman saw that she could not remain hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.G1161G1135G1492G3754G2990G3756G2990G2064G5141G2532G4363G846G518G846G1799G3956G2992G1223G3739G156G680G846G2532G5613G2390G391648He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace."G1161G2036G846G2364G2293G4675G4102G4982G4571G4982G4198G1519G151549While he was still speaking, someone came from the leader's house to say, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer."G846G2089G2980G2064G5100G3844G752G3004G846G3754G4675G2364G2348G4660G3361G132050When Jesus heard this, he replied, "Do not fear. Only believe, and she will be saved."G1161G2424G191G611G846G3004G5399G3361G4100G3440G2532G498251When he came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him, except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother.G1161G1525G1519G3614G863G3756G3762G1525G1508G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G2532G3962G2532G3384G381652They were all weeping and wailing for her; but he said, "Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping."G1161G3956G2799G2532G2875G846G1161G2036G2799G3361G599G3756G599G235G251853And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.G2532G2606G846G2606G1492G3754G59954But he took her by the hand and called out, "Child, get up!"G1161G846G1544G3956G1854G2532G2902G846G5495G5455G3004G3816G145355Her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then he directed them to give her something to eat.G2532G846G4151G1994G2532G450G3916G2532G1299G1325G846G531556Her parents were astounded; but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.G2532G846G1118G1839G1161G3853G846G2036G3367G1096
Unknown
