Luke 8

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The work of God of Christ

And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve, It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,
Mary Magdalene Repentant (Luke 8:2)
And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,		 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs. and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

The story of the sower

And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story: When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven. “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water. Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear. Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story. Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them. He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation. Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up. Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit. That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit. That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light. “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light. For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have. Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”
And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people. His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you. It was told him by some saying, “Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.”
But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it. But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

Christ stilleth the tempest and casteth out devils

Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat. Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.
But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger. But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.
Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm. They came to him, and awoke him, saying, “Master, master, we are dying!” He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.
And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says? He said to them, “Where is your faith?” Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, “Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead. When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.
And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places. For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him. Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep. They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them. Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.
And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction. The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country. When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them. People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well. Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.
And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back. All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying, But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him. “Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him. It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

The daughter of Jairus restored to life

Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house; Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet, and begged him to come into his house,
For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him. for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well, A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped. came behind him, and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side. Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me. But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me.”
And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away. When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace. He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master. While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t trouble the Teacher.”
But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well. But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.”
And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother. When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.
Jesus Raising Up the Daughter of Jairus (Luke 8:52-54)
And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.		 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead. They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up. But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”
And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her. Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone. Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
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