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Women Who Accompanied Jesus

8Some time later Jesus traveled through towns and villages, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of God. The twelve disciples went with him,G2532G1096G1722G2517G2532G846G1353G2596G4172G2532G2968G2784G2532G2097G932G2316G2532G1427G4862G846
2and 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;G2532G5100G1135G3739G2258G2323G575G4190G4151G2532G769G3137G2564G3094G575G3739G1831G2033G1140
3Joanna, 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.G2532G2489G1135G5529G2264G2012G2532G4677G2532G4183G2087G3748G1247G846G575G846G5224

The Parable of the Sower

4People kept coming to Jesus from one town after another; and when a great crowd gathered, Jesus told this parable:G1161G4183G3793G4896G2532G1975G4314G846G2596G4172G2036G1223G3850
5"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.G4687G1831G4687G846G4703G2532G1722G846G4687G3739G3303G4098G3844G3598G2532G2662G2532G4071G3772G2719G846
6Some of it fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted, they dried up because the soil had no moisture.G2532G2087G4098G1909G4073G2532G5453G3583G1223G3361G2192G2429
7Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up with the plants and choked them.G2532G2087G4098G1722G3319G173G2532G173G4855G638G1970G846
8And 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!"G2532G2087G4098G1909G18G1093G2532G5453G4160G2590G1542G3004G5023G5455G2192G3775G191G191

The Purpose of the Parables

9His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant,G1161G846G3101G1905G846G3004G5101G1498G3778G3850G1498
10and 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.G1161G2036G5213G1325G1097G3466G932G2316G1161G3062G1722G3850G2443G991G991G3361G991G2532G191G4920G3361G4920

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

11"This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.G1161G3850G2076G3778G4703G2076G3056G2316
12The 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.G1161G3844G3598G1526G191G1534G2064G1228G2532G142G3056G575G846G2588G3363G4100G4982
13The 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.G1161G1909G4073G3739G3752G191G1209G3056G3326G5479G2532G3778G2192G3756G4491G3739G4314G2540G4100G2532G1722G2540G3986G868
14The 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.G1161G4098G1519G173G1526G3778G191G4198G2532G4846G5259G3308G2532G4149G2532G2237G979G2532G5052G3756G5052
15The 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.G1161G1722G2570G1093G1526G3778G3748G1722G2570G2532G18G2588G191G3056G2722G2532G2592G1722G5281

A Lamp under a Bowl

16"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.G1161G3762G681G3088G2572G846G4632G2228G5087G5270G2825G235G2007G1909G3087G2443G1531G991G5457
17"Whatever is hidden away will be brought out into the open, and whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.G1063G3756G2076G2927G3739G1096G3756G1096G5318G3761G614G3739G1097G3756G1097G2532G2064G1519G5318
18"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."G991G3767G4459G191G1063G3739G302G2192G846G1325G2532G3739G302G2192G3361G575G846G142G2532G3739G1380G2192

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

19Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd.G1161G3854G4314G846G3384G2532G846G80G2532G1410G3756G4940G846G1223G3793
20Someone said to Jesus, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you."G2532G518G846G3004G4675G3384G2532G4675G80G2476G1854G2309G1492G4571
21Jesus said to them all, "My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it."G1161G611G2036G4314G846G3450G3384G2532G3450G80G1526G3778G3588G191G3056G2316G2532G4160G846

Jesus Calms a Storm

22One 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.G2532G1096G1722G3391G2250G2532G846G1684G1519G4143G2532G846G3101G2532G2036G4314G846G1330G1519G4008G3041G2532G321
23As 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.G1161G846G4126G879G2532G2597G2978G417G1519G3041G2532G4845G2532G2793
24The 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.G1161G4334G1326G846G3004G1988G1988G622G1161G1453G2008G417G2532G2830G5204G2532G3973G2532G1096G1055
25Then 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!"G1161G2036G846G4226G2076G5216G4102G1161G5399G2296G3004G4314G240G5101G686G2076G3778G3754G2004G2532G417G2532G5204G2532G5219G846

Jesus Heals a Man with Demons

26Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of Gerasa, which is across the lake from Galilee.G2532G2668G1519G5561G1046G3748G2076G495G1056
27As 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.G1161G846G1831G1909G1093G5221G846G1537G4172G5100G435G3739G2192G1140G1537G2425G5550G2532G1737G3756G2440G2532G3756G3306G1722G3614G235G1722G3418
28When 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!"G1161G1492G2424G349G2532G4363G846G2532G3173G5456G2036G5101G1698G2532G4671G2424G5207G2316G5310G1189G4675G928G3165G3361
29He 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.G1063G3853G3853G169G4151G1831G575G444G1063G4183G5550G4884G846G2532G5442G1196G254G2532G3976G2532G1284G1199G1643G5259G1142G1519G2048
30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is 'Mob,' " he answered - -because many demons had gone into him.G1161G2424G1905G846G3004G5101G2076G4671G3686G1161G2036G3003G3754G4183G1140G1525G1519G846
31The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.G2532G3870G3870G846G3363G2004G3363G2004G846G565G1519G12
32There 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.G1161G2258G1563G34G2425G5519G1006G1722G3735G2532G3870G846G2443G2010G846G1525G1519G1565G2532G2010G846
33They 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.G1161G1831G1140G575G444G1525G1519G5519G2532G34G3729G2596G2911G1519G3041G2532G638
34The 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.G1161G1006G1492G1096G5343G2532G565G518G1519G4172G2532G1519G68
35People 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.G1161G1831G1492G1096G2532G2064G4314G2424G2532G2147G444G575G3739G1140G1831G2521G3844G4228G2424G2439G2532G4993G2532G5399
36Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been cured.G1161G2532G1492G518G846G4459G1139G4982
37Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.G2532G537G4128G4066G1046G4066G2065G846G565G575G846G3754G4912G3173G5401G1161G846G1684G1519G4143G5290
38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent him away, saying,G1161G435G575G3739G1140G1831G1189G846G1511G4862G846G1161G2424G630G846G630G3004
39"Go back home and tell what God has done for you." The man went through the town, telling what Jesus had done for him.G5290G1519G4675G3624G2532G1334G3745G2316G4160G4671G2532G565G2784G2596G3650G4172G3745G2424G4160G846

Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus’ Cloak

40When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the people welcomed him, because they had all been waiting for him.G1161G1096G1722G2424G5290G3793G588G846G1063G2258G3956G4328G846
41Then 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,G2532G2400G2064G435G3739G3686G2383G2532G846G5225G758G4864G2532G4098G3844G2424G4228G3870G846G1525G1519G846G3624
42because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side.G3754G846G2258G3439G2364G5613G1427G2094G2532G3778G846G599G1161G1722G846G5217G3793G4846G846
43Among 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.G2532G1135G5607G1722G4511G129G1427G575G2094G3748G4321G3650G979G1519G2395G3756G2480G2323G5259G3762
44She came up in the crowd behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once.G4334G3693G680G2899G846G2440G2532G3916G846G4511G129G2476
45Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Everyone denied it, and Peter said, "Master, the people are all around you and crowding in on you."G2532G2424G2036G5101G680G3450G1161G3956G720G4074G2532G3326G846G2036G1988G3793G4912G4571G2532G598G2532G3004G5101G680G3450
46But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me."G1161G2424G2036G5100G680G3450G1063G1473G1097G1411G1831G575G1700
47The 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.G1161G1135G1492G3754G2990G3756G2990G2064G5141G2532G4363G846G518G846G1799G3956G2992G1223G3739G156G680G846G2532G5613G2390G3916
48Jesus said to her, "My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace."G1161G2036G846G2364G2293G4675G4102G4982G4571G4982G4198G1519G1515
49While 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."G846G2089G2980G2064G5100G3844G752G3004G846G3754G4675G2364G2348G4660G3361G1320
50But Jesus heard it and said to Jairus, "Don't be afraid; only believe, and she will be well."G1161G2424G191G611G846G3004G5399G3361G4100G3440G2532G4982
51When 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.G1161G1525G1519G3614G863G3756G3762G1525G1508G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G2532G3962G2532G3384G3816
52Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, "Don't cry; the child is not dead - -she is only sleeping!"G1161G3956G2799G2532G2875G846G1161G2036G2799G3361G599G3756G599G235G2518
53They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.G2532G2606G846G2606G1492G3754G599
54But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, "Get up, child!"G1161G846G1544G3956G1854G2532G2902G846G5495G5455G3004G3816G1453
55Her life returned, and she got up at once, and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat.G2532G846G4151G1994G2532G450G3916G2532G1299G1325G846G5315
56Her parents were astounded, but Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone what had happened.G2532G846G1118G1839G1161G3853G846G2036G3367G1096


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