Luc 8
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Les femmes qui accompagnaient Jésus
8 Ensuite, Jésus allait de ville en ville et de village en village, prêchant et annonçant la bonne nouvelle du royaume de Dieu. 2 Les douze étaient auprès de lui avec quelques femmes qui avaient été guéries d’esprits malins et de maladies: Marie, dite de Magdala, de laquelle étaient sortis sept démons, 3 Jeanne, femme de Chuza, intendant d’Hérode, Susanne, et plusieurs autres, qui l’assistaient de leurs biens.
Le semeur et les terrains
4 Une grande foule s’étant assemblée, et des gens étant venus de diverses villes auprès de lui, il dit cette parabole:
5 Un semeur sortit pour semer sa semence. Comme il semait, une partie de la semence tomba le long du chemin: elle fut foulée aux pieds, et les oiseaux du ciel la mangèrent. 6 Une autre partie tomba sur le roc: quand elle fut levée, elle sécha, parce qu’elle n’avait point d’humidité. 7 Une autre partie tomba au milieu des épines: les épines crûrent avec elle, et l’étouffèrent. 8 Une autre partie tomba dans la bonne terre: quand elle fut levée, elle donna du fruit au centuple. Après avoir ainsi parlé, Jésus dit à haute voix: Que celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre entende.
9 Ses disciples lui demandèrent ce que signifiait cette parabole. 10 Il répondit: Il vous a été donné de connaître les mystères du royaume de Dieu; mais pour les autres, cela leur est dit en paraboles, afin qu’en voyant ils ne voient point, et qu’en entendant ils ne comprennent point[a].
11 Voici ce que signifie cette parabole: La semence, c’est la parole de Dieu. 12 Ceux qui sont le long du chemin, ce sont ceux qui entendent; puis le diable vient, et enlève de leur cœur la parole, de peur qu’ils ne croient et soient sauvés. 13 Ceux qui sont sur le roc, ce sont ceux qui, lorsqu’ils entendent la parole, la reçoivent avec joie; mais ils n’ont point de racine, ils croient pour un temps, et ils succombent au moment de la tentation. 14 Ce qui est tombé parmi les épines, ce sont ceux qui, ayant entendu la parole, s’en vont, et la laissent étouffer par les soucis, les richesses et les plaisirs de la vie, et ils ne portent point de fruit qui vienne à maturité. 15 Ce qui est tombé dans la bonne terre, ce sont ceux qui, ayant entendu la parole avec un cœur honnête et bon, la retiennent, et portent du fruit avec persévérance.
La lampe sur le chandelier
16 Personne, après avoir allumé une lampe, ne la couvre d’un vase, ou ne la met sous un lit; mais il la met sur un chandelier, afin que ceux qui entrent voient la lumière. 17 Car il n’est rien de caché qui ne doive être découvert, rien de secret qui ne doive être connu et mis au jour. 18 Prenez donc garde à la manière dont vous écoutez; car on donnera à celui qui a, mais à celui qui n’a pas on ôtera même ce qu’il croit avoir.
La mère et les frères de Jésus
19 La mère et les frères de Jésus vinrent le trouver; mais ils ne purent l’aborder, à cause de la foule. 20 On lui dit: Ta mère et tes frères sont dehors, et ils désirent te voir. 21 Mais il répondit: Ma mère et mes frères, ce sont ceux qui écoutent la parole de Dieu, et qui la mettent en pratique.
Jésus apaise la tempête
22 Un jour, Jésus monta dans une barque avec ses disciples. Il leur dit: Passons de l’autre côté du lac. Et ils partirent. 23 Pendant qu’ils naviguaient, Jésus s’endormit. Un tourbillon fondit sur le lac, la barque se remplissait d’eau, et ils étaient en péril. 24 Ils s’approchèrent et le réveillèrent, en disant: Maître, maître, nous périssons! S’étant réveillé, il menaça le vent et les flots, qui s’apaisèrent, et le calme revint. 25 Puis il leur dit: Où est votre foi? Saisis de frayeur et d’étonnement, ils se dirent les uns aux autres: Quel est donc celui-ci, qui commande même au vent et à l’eau, et à qui ils obéissent?
Jésus chasse des démons à Gérasa
26 Ils abordèrent dans le pays des Géraséniens, qui est vis-à-vis de la Galilée. 27 Lorsque Jésus fut descendu à terre, il vint au-devant de lui un homme de la ville, qui était possédé de plusieurs démons. Depuis longtemps il ne portait point de vêtement, et avait sa demeure non dans une maison, mais dans les sépulcres. 28 Ayant vu Jésus, il poussa un cri, se jeta à ses pieds, et dit d’une voix forte: Qu’y a-t-il entre moi et toi, Jésus, Fils du Dieu Très-Haut? Je t’en supplie, ne me tourmente pas. 29 Car Jésus commandait à l’esprit impur de sortir de cet homme, dont il s’était emparé depuis longtemps; on le gardait lié de chaînes et les fers aux pieds, mais il rompait les liens, et il était entraîné par le démon dans les déserts. 30 Jésus lui demanda: Quel est ton nom? Légion, répondit-il. Car plusieurs démons étaient entrés en lui. 31 Et ils priaient instamment Jésus de ne pas leur ordonner d’aller dans l’abîme. 32 Il y avait là, dans la montagne, un grand troupeau de pourceaux qui paissaient. Et les démons supplièrent Jésus de leur permettre d’entrer dans ces pourceaux. Il le leur permit. 33 Les démons sortirent de cet homme, entrèrent dans les pourceaux, et le troupeau se précipita des pentes escarpées dans le lac, et se noya. 34 Ceux qui les faisaient paître, voyant ce qui était arrivé, s’enfuirent, et répandirent la nouvelle dans la ville et dans les campagnes. 35 Les gens allèrent voir ce qui était arrivé. Ils vinrent auprès de Jésus, et ils trouvèrent l’homme de qui étaient sortis les démons, assis à ses pieds, vêtu, et dans son bon sens; et ils furent saisis de frayeur. 36 Ceux qui avaient vu ce qui s’était passé leur racontèrent comment le démoniaque avait été guéri. 37 Tous les habitants du pays des Géraséniens prièrent Jésus de s’éloigner d’eux, car ils étaient saisis d’une grande crainte. Jésus monta dans la barque, et s’en retourna. 38 L’homme de qui étaient sortis les démons lui demandait la permission de rester avec lui. Mais Jésus le renvoya, en disant: 39 Retourne dans ta maison, et raconte tout ce que Dieu t’a fait. Il s’en alla, et publia par toute la ville tout ce que Jésus avait fait pour lui.
Jésus guérit une femme et ressuscite la fille de Jaïrus
40 A son retour, Jésus fut reçu par la foule, car tous l’attendaient.
41 Et voici, il vint un homme, nommé Jaïrus, qui était chef de la synagogue. Il se jeta à ses pieds, et le supplia d’entrer dans sa maison, 42 parce qu’il avait une fille unique d’environ douze ans qui se mourait. Pendant que Jésus y allait, il était pressé par la foule.
43 Or, il y avait une femme atteinte d’une perte de sang depuis douze ans, et qui avait dépensé tout son bien pour les médecins, sans qu’aucun ait pu la guérir. 44 Elle s’approcha par derrière, et toucha le bord du vêtement de Jésus. Au même instant la perte de sang s’arrêta. 45 Et Jésus dit: Qui m’a touché? Comme tous s’en défendaient, Pierre et ceux qui étaient avec lui dirent: Maître, la foule t’entoure et te presse, et tu dis: Qui m’a touché? 46 Mais Jésus répondit: Quelqu’un m’a touché, car j’ai connu qu’une force était sortie de moi. 47 La femme, se voyant découverte, vint toute tremblante se jeter à ses pieds, et déclara devant tout le peuple pourquoi elle l’avait touché, et comment elle avait été guérie à l’instant. 48 Jésus lui dit: Ma fille, ta foi t’a sauvée; va en paix.
49 Comme il parlait encore, survint de chez le chef de la synagogue quelqu’un disant: Ta fille est morte; n’importune pas le maître. 50 Mais Jésus, ayant entendu cela, dit au chef de la synagogue: Ne crains pas, crois seulement, et elle sera sauvée. 51 Lorsqu’il fut arrivé à la maison, il ne permit à personne d’entrer avec lui, si ce n’est à Pierre, à Jean et à Jacques, et au père et à la mère de l’enfant. 52 Tous pleuraient et se lamentaient sur elle. Alors Jésus dit: Ne pleurez pas; elle n’est pas morte, mais elle dort. 53 Et ils se moquaient de lui, sachant qu’elle était morte. 54 Mais il la saisit par la main, et dit d’une voix forte: Enfant, lève-toi. 55 Et son esprit revint en elle, et à l’instant elle se leva; et Jésus ordonna qu’on lui donne à manger. 56 Les parents de la jeune fille furent dans l’étonnement, et il leur recommanda de ne dire à personne ce qui était arrivé.
Footnotes
- Luc 8:10 + Es 6:9-10
Luke 8
EasyEnglish Bible
The women that helped Jesus
8 After this, Jesus went to visit many towns and villages. He told people the good news about the kingdom of God. The 12 disciples were travelling with him. 2 Some women also went with them. These women had been ill, but Jesus had made them well again. One of the women was Mary from Magdala. Jesus had sent seven bad spirits away from her. 3 Another of the women was Joanna, the wife of Chuza. Chuza had authority over all the people that worked in the house of King Herod. Another of the women was Susanna. There were also many others. These women were using their own money to help Jesus and his disciples.
A story about a farmer that planted seeds
4 Lots of people were coming to Jesus from many towns. A large crowd had already come together when Jesus told this story:
5 ‘A farmer went out to plant seeds in his field. While he was throwing the seeds, some of them fell on the path. Then people walked on them. Birds came down and they ate those seeds. 6 Some seeds fell on ground which had rocks. The seeds started to grow. But the young plants died because the ground was not wet enough in that place. 7 Some seeds fell among thorn bushes. Those bushes grew up with the young plants. They stopped the seeds from growing into strong plants. 8 But some seeds fell on good soil. Strong plants grew from those seeds. Each of these plants made 100 seeds.’
When Jesus finished the story, he said, ‘You have ears, so listen well to what I say!’
Jesus explains why he tells stories
9 Jesus' disciples asked him about this story. They asked him what it meant. 10 Jesus replied, ‘God has let you know what these stories mean. You understand how God rules in the lives of his people. But other people only listen to my stories. They look, but they do not really see clearly. They hear the words, but they do not really understand.’
Jesus explains the story about the seeds
11 Jesus then said, ‘This is what the story means: The seeds are like the message from God. 12 Some seeds fell on the path. That is like some people who hear the message, but they do not think about it. The Devil comes and he takes the message away from their minds. He takes it away so that they cannot believe it. Because they do not believe the message, God does not save them.
13 Some seeds fell on ground with rocks in it. This is like people who hear the message from God and they are very happy for a time. But they are like plants that have not grown down well into the soil. They believe in God for a short time. But when they have problems, they stop believing.
14 Some seeds fell among thorn bushes. This is like some other people who hear the message from God. But they start to have many troubles in their minds about how they will live. They want to get more money and more things. They think that this will make them happy. So they do not let God's message change them. They are like plants that do not grow into strong plants.
15 But some seed fell on good soil. This is like other people that hear the message from God. They understand the message and they keep it in their minds. They are good and honest. They continue to believe. These people are like a good plant that grows well and makes lots of new seeds.’
16 Jesus then said, ‘People do not light a lamp and then cover it. They do not put the lamp under a pot or under a bed. Instead, they put it in a high place. Then other people that come into the room can see the light from the lamp.
17 God hides some things now. But there will be a time when people will see them. God keeps some things secret now. But there will be a time when people will understand those things clearly.
18 So you should think carefully about what you hear. The person who has received some things will receive more. But some other people have nothing. They think that they have a little bit. But they will lose even that.’[a]
The mother and brothers of Jesus come to see him
19 Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came to see him. But they could not reach him because of the large crowd of people who were there. 20 Someone told Jesus, ‘Your mother and brothers are standing outside. They want to see you.’
21 Jesus replied, ‘I will tell you who my mother and brothers really are. My mother and my brothers are those people who hear God's message and do what he wants.’[b]
Jesus stops a storm
22 One day, Jesus got into a boat with his disciples. He said to them, ‘We should go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they started to cross the lake. 23 While they sailed in the boat, Jesus began to sleep. Then a strong wind started to blow across the lake. Water began to fill the boat and they were in danger. 24 So the disciples went to Jesus and they woke him. ‘Master, master, we will die here in the water!’ they said.
Then Jesus got up and he spoke strongly to the wind and to the water. ‘Stop!’ he said. The wind stopped immediately and the water became flat. 25 Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Why do you not believe in me?’
All this frightened the disciples and they were very surprised. They asked each other, ‘Who is this man? He even tells the wind and the water what to do. He speaks and they obey him!’
Jesus makes a man well
26 Jesus and his disciples went to the place where the Gerasene people lived. This place is across the lake from Galilee. 27 When Jesus got out of the boat there, a man from the town came towards him. Bad spirits were living inside him. He had not worn any clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house. Instead, he lived outside, among some graves. 28 When he saw Jesus, he screamed. Then he went down on his knees in front of Jesus and said in a loud voice, ‘Jesus, you are the Son of the powerful God who is over all! What are you doing here? Please do not hurt me.’ 29 He said that because Jesus had already said to the bad spirit, ‘Come out of this man.’
The bad spirit had often taken hold of the man, so people watched him carefully. They held his feet with metal chains. But when the bad spirit took hold of him, he often broke the chains. The bad spirit then caused him to go into the wilderness.
30 Jesus asked the man, ‘What is your name?’ The man replied, ‘My name is Army.’ He said this because very many bad spirits had gone into him.[c] 31 These bad spirits asked Jesus not to send them away to the world below.[d]
32 There was a large group of pigs there and they were eating on the hill. The bad spirits asked Jesus, ‘Let us go into the pigs.’ Jesus replied, ‘You can go into them.’ 33 So the bad spirits came out of the man and they went into the pigs. All the pigs rushed together down the hill into the lake. They all died there in the water.
34 The men who were taking care of the pigs saw this happen. They ran away. They told the people in the town and in the villages what had happened. 35 So the people went out from these places to see what had happened. They came to Jesus. The man that the bad spirits had come out of was sitting there, beside Jesus' feet. Now he was wearing clothes and his mind was well again. When the people saw this, they were afraid. 36 Some people had seen Jesus make the man well. They told the other people how he had done this. 37 Then all the Gerasene people who lived in that place said to Jesus, ‘Please go away and leave us.’ They said this because they were very afraid. So Jesus got back into the boat to leave that place. 38 Then the man that the bad spirits had gone out from said to Jesus, ‘Please let me come with you.’ But Jesus replied, ‘No. 39 You must return to your home. Tell everyone about all that God has done for you.’
So the man went away. He went everywhere in the town and told all the people, ‘Jesus has done very good things for me.’
Jesus makes a young girl well
40 When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the crowd was very happy to see him. They were all waiting for him to come back. 41 Then a man called Jairus came to see him. He was a leader at the Jewish meeting place. He went down on his knees at the feet of Jesus and said, ‘Please come to my house. 42 I have one daughter. She is 12 years old and she is very ill. She will die very soon.’
So Jesus went along. A crowd of people went with him. They were pushing against him. 43 There was a sick woman in the crowd who had lost blood for 12 years. She had paid all her money to doctors and now she had no money. But nobody could help her to become well again. 44 She came in the crowd behind Jesus and she touched the edge of his coat. Immediately she stopped bleeding. 45 Jesus asked, ‘Who touched me?’
Everyone round him said, ‘It was not me. I did not touch you.’ Then Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, there is a big crowd round you. Many people are pushing against you.’
46 Jesus said, ‘Someone did touch me. I know that something powerful went out from me.’ 47 The woman knew that she could not hide herself. So she was very afraid. She came to Jesus and she went down on the ground in front of him. She spoke so that all the people could hear her. She said, ‘I wanted to be well again, so I touched him. When I did that, I became well immediately.’ 48 Jesus said to her, ‘Young woman, you are well again because you believed in me. Go now and have peace in your mind.’[e]
49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone arrived from Jairus' house. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ he told Jairus. ‘Do not ask the teacher to come now.’
50 Jesus heard what the man said. So he said to Jairus, ‘Do not be afraid. Just believe in me. Then she will become well again.’
51 When they arrived at the house, Jesus would not let everyone go in with him. He took only Peter, John and James. He also let the mother and father of the girl go into the house. 52 All the people there were crying loudly because they were very sad. ‘Do not weep,’ Jesus told them. ‘The child is not dead. She is only asleep.’
53 But the people knew that she had died. So they laughed at him. 54 But Jesus went and held the child's hand. He said to her, ‘My child, get up.’ 55 Then she became alive again. Immediately she stood up. Jesus said to her parents, ‘Give her something to eat.’ 56 They were very surprised. Jesus said to them very strongly, ‘You must not tell anyone about what has happened.’
Footnotes
- 8:18 Jesus is telling people how to listen to him. As in the picture story about the seeds, many people heard the message about God. But not all people obeyed what they heard. They lost it. Some people were careful to listen. They received more than they started with.
- 8:21 People that believe in Jesus become part of the family of God.
- 8:30 The man told Jesus that his name was ‘Army’ because he had many bad spirits that were living in him, like an army.
- 8:31 The world below is the place where the Devil and all the bad spirits will have to go.
- 8:48 A woman with this problem should not have been in a crowd. She should not have touched other people and they should not have touched her. She was very afraid because people would know her secret.
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