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Und es begab sich darnach, daß er reiste durch Städte und Dörfer und predigte und verkündigte das Evangelium vom Reich Gottes; und die zwölf mit ihm,

dazu etliche Weiber, die er gesund hatte gemacht von den bösen Geistern und Krankheiten, nämlich Maria, die da Magdalena heißt, von welcher waren sieben Teufel ausgefahren,

und Johanna, das Weib Chusas, des Pflegers des Herodes, und Susanna und viele andere, die ihm Handreichung taten von ihrer Habe.

Da nun viel Volks beieinander war und sie aus den Städten zu ihm eilten, sprach er durch ein Gleichnis:

Es ging ein Säemann aus, zu säen seinen Samen. Und indem er säte, fiel etliches an den Weg und ward zertreten und die Vögel unter dem Himmel fraßen's auf.

Und etliches fiel auf den Fels; und da es aufging, verdorrte es, darum daß es nicht Saft hatte.

Und etliches fiel mitten unter die Dornen; und die Dornen gingen mit auf und erstickten's.

Und etliches fiel auf ein gutes Land; und es ging auf und trug hundertfältige Frucht. Da er das sagte, rief er: Wer Ohren hat, zu hören, der höre!

Es fragten ihn aber seine Jünger und sprachen, was dies Gleichnis wäre?

10 Er aber sprach: Euch ist es gegeben, zu wissen das Geheimnis des Reiches Gottes; den andern aber in Gleichnissen, daß sie es nicht sehen, ob sie es schon sehen, und nicht verstehen, ob sie es schon hören.

11 Das ist aber das Gleichnis: Der Same ist das Wort Gottes.

12 Die aber an dem Wege sind, das sind, die es hören; darnach kommt der Teufel und nimmt das Wort von ihrem Herzen, auf daß sie nicht glauben und selig werden.

13 Die aber auf dem Fels sind die: wenn sie es hören, nehmen sie das Wort mit Freuden an; und die haben nicht Wurzel; eine Zeitlang glauben sie, und zur Zeit der Anfechtung fallen sie ab.

14 Das aber unter die Dornen fiel, sind die, so es hören und gehen hin unter den Sorgen, Reichtum und Wollust dieses Lebens und ersticken und bringen keine Frucht.

15 Das aber auf dem guten Land sind, die das Wort hören und behalten in einem feinen, guten Herzen und bringen Frucht in Geduld.

16 Niemand aber zündet ein Licht an und bedeckt's mit einem Gefäß oder setzt es unter eine Bank; sondern er setzt es auf einen Leuchter, auf daß, wer hineingeht, das Licht sehe.

17 Denn nichts ist verborgen, das nicht offenbar werde, auch nichts Heimliches, das nicht kund werde und an den Tag komme.

18 So sehet nun darauf wie ihr zuhöret. Denn wer da hat, dem wird gegeben; wer aber nicht hat, von dem wird genommen, auch was er meint zu haben.

19 Es gingen aber hinzu seine Mutter und Brüder und konnten vor dem Volk nicht zu ihm kommen.

20 Und es ward ihm angesagt: Deine Mutter und deine Brüder stehen draußen und wollen dich sehen.

21 Er aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Meine Mutter und meine Brüder sind diese, die Gottes Wort hören und tun.

22 Und es begab sich an der Tage einem, daß er in ein Schiff trat samt seinen Jüngern; und er sprach zu ihnen: Laßt uns über den See fahren. Und sie stießen vom Lande.

23 Und da sie schifften, schlief er ein. Und es kam ein Windwirbel auf den See, und die Wellen überfielen sie, und sie standen in großer Gefahr.

24 Da traten sie zu ihm und weckten ihn auf und sprachen: Meister, Meister, wir verderben! Da stand er auf und bedrohte den Wind und die Woge des Wassers; und es ließ ab, und ward eine Stille.

25 Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Wo ist euer Glaube? Sie fürchteten sich aber und verwunderten sich und sprachen untereinander: Wer ist dieser? denn er gebietet dem Winde und dem Wasser, und sie sind ihm gehorsam.

26 Und sie schifften fort in die Gegend der Gadarener, welche ist Galiläa gegenüber.

27 Und als er austrat auf das Land, begegnete ihm ein Mann aus der Stadt, der hatte Teufel von langer Zeit her und tat keine Kleider an und blieb in keinem Hause, sondern in den Gräbern.

28 Da er aber Jesum sah, schrie er und fiel vor ihm nieder und rief laut und sprach: Was habe ich mit dir zu schaffen, Jesu, du Sohn Gottes, des Allerhöchsten? Ich bitte dich, du wollest mich nicht quälen.

29 Denn er gebot dem unsauberen Geist, daß er von dem Menschen ausführe. Denn er hatte ihn lange Zeit geplagt, und er ward mit Ketten gebunden und mit Fesseln gefangen, und zerriß die Bande und ward getrieben von dem Teufel in die Wüsten.

30 Und Jesus fragte ihn und sprach: Wie heißest du? Er sprach: Legion; denn es waren viel Teufel in ihn gefahren.

31 Und sie baten ihn, daß er sie nicht hieße in die Tiefe fahren.

32 Es war aber daselbst eine große Herde Säue auf der Weide auf dem Berge. Und sie baten ihn, daß er ihnen erlaubte in sie zu fahren. Und er erlaubte es ihnen.

33 Da fuhren die Teufel aus von dem Menschen und fuhren in die Säue; und die Herde stürzte sich von dem Abhange in den See und ersoff.

34 Da aber die Hirten sahen, was da geschah, flohen sie und verkündigten es in der Stadt und in den Dörfern.

35 Da gingen sie hinaus, zu sehen, was da geschehen war, und kamen zu Jesu und fanden den Menschen, von welchem die Teufel ausgefahren waren, sitzend zu den Füßen Jesu, bekleidet und vernünftig, und erschraken.

36 Und die es gesehen hatten, verkündigten's ihnen, wie der Besessene war gesund geworden.

37 Und es bat ihn die ganze Menge des umliegenden Landes der Gadarener, daß er von ihnen ginge; denn es war sie eine große Furcht angekommen. Und er trat in das Schiff und wandte wieder um.

38 Es bat ihn aber der Mann, von dem die Teufel ausgefahren waren, daß er bei ihm möchte sein. Aber Jesus ließ ihn von sich und sprach:

39 Gehe wieder heim und sage, wie große Dinge dir Gott getan hat. Und er ging hin und verkündigte durch die ganze Stadt, wie große Dinge ihm Jesus getan hatte.

40 Und es begab sich, da Jesus wiederkam, nahm ihn das Volk auf; denn sie warteten alle auf ihn.

41 Und siehe, da kam ein Mann mit Namen Jairus, der ein Oberster der Schule war, und fiel Jesu zu den Füßen und bat ihn, daß er wollte in sein Haus kommen;

42 denn er hatte eine einzige Tochter bei zwölf Jahren, die lag in den letzten Zügen. Und da er hinging, drängte ihn das Volk.

43 Und ein Weib hatte den Blutgang zwölf Jahre gehabt; die hatte alle ihre Nahrung an die Ärzte gewandt, und konnte von niemand geheilt werden;

44 die trat hinzu von hinten und rührte seines Kleides Saum an; und alsobald stand ihr der Blutgang.

45 Und Jesus sprach: Wer hat mich angerührt? Da sie aber alle leugneten, sprach Petrus und die mit ihm waren: Meister, das Volk drängt und drückt dich, und du sprichst: Wer hat mich angerührt?

46 Jesus aber sprach: Es hat mich jemand angerührt; denn ich fühle, daß eine Kraft von mir gegangen ist.

47 Da aber das Weib sah, daß es nicht verborgen war, kam sie mit Zittern und fiel vor ihm nieder und verkündigte vor allem Volk, aus welcher Ursache sie ihn hätte angerührt und wie sie wäre alsbald gesund geworden.

48 Er aber sprach zu ihr: Sei getrost, meine Tochter, dein Glaube hat dir geholfen. Gehe hin mit Frieden!

49 Da er noch redete, kam einer vom Gesinde des Obersten der Schule und sprach zu ihm: Deine Tochter ist gestorben; bemühe den Meister nicht.

50 Da aber Jesus das hörte, antwortete er ihm und sprach: Fürchte dich nicht, glaube nur, so wird sie gesund!

51 Da er aber in das Haus kam, ließ er niemand hineingehen denn Petrus und Jakobus und Johannes und des Kindes Vater und Mutter.

52 Sie weinten aber alle und klagten um sie. Er aber sprach: Weinet nicht, sie ist nicht gestorben, sondern sie schläft.

53 Und sie verlachten ihn, wußten wohl, daß sie gestorben war.

54 Er aber trieb sie alle hinaus, nahm sie bei der Hand und rief und sprach: Kind, stehe auf!

55 Und ihr Geist kam wieder, und sie stand alsobald auf. Und er befahl, man sollte ihr zu essen geben.

56 Und ihre Eltern entsetzten sich. Er aber gebot ihnen, daß sie niemand sagten, was geschehen war.

Soon after this incident, Jesus preached from city to city, village to village, carrying the good news of the kingdom of God. He was accompanied by a group called “the twelve,” and also by a larger group including some women who had been rescued from evil spirits and healed of diseases. There was Mary, called Magdalene, who had been released from seven demons. There were others like Susanna and Joanna, who was married to Chuza, a steward of King Herod. And there were many others too. These women played an important role in Jesus’ ministry, using their wealth to provide for Him and His other companions.

While a huge crowd gathered with people from many surrounding towns streaming to hear Jesus, He told them a parable.

Parables are works of art, specifically, works of short fiction. They are intricately constructed and complex in their intent. In some ways, they are intended to hide the truth; they don’t reduce truth to simple statements or formulae. Instead, they force the reader to take things to a deeper level, to engage the imagination, to think and think again. In this way, they invite people to ask questions; they stir curiosity; they create intrigue.

Jesus: Once a farmer went out to scatter seed in his fields. Some seeds fell along a trail where they were crushed underfoot by people walking by. Birds flew in and ate those seeds. Other seeds fell on gravel. Those seeds sprouted but soon withered, depleted of moisture under the scorching sun. Still other seeds landed among thorns where they grew for a while, but eventually the thorns stunted them so they couldn’t thrive or bear fruit. But some seeds fell into good soil—soft, moist, free from thorns. These seeds not only grew, but they also produced more seeds, a hundred times what the farmer originally planted. If you have ears, hear My meaning!

His disciples heard the words, but the deeper meaning eluded them.

Disciples: What were You trying to say?

10 Jesus: The kingdom of God contains many secrets.
    They keep listening, but do not comprehend;
        keep observing, but do not understand.[a]

I want you to understand, so 11 here’s the interpretation: The voice of God falls on human hearts like seeds scattered across a field. 12 Some people hear that message, but the devil opposes the liberation that would come to them by believing. So he swoops in and steals the message from their hard hearts like birds stealing the seeds from the footpath. 13 Others receive the message enthusiastically, but their vitality is short-lived because the message cannot be deeply rooted in their shallow hearts. In the heat of temptation, their faith withers, like the seeds that sprouted in gravelly soil. 14 A third group hears the message, but as time passes, the daily anxieties, the pursuit of wealth, and life’s addicting delights outpace the growth of the message in their hearts. Even if the message blossoms and fruit begins to form, the fruit never fully matures because the thorns choke out the plants’ vitality.

15 But some people hear the message and let it take root deeply in receptive hearts made fertile by honesty and goodness. With patient dependability, they bear good fruit.

16 You wouldn’t light a lamp and cover it with a clay pot. You’re not going to hide it under your bed. No, when you light it, you’re going to put it out in the open so your guests can feel welcome and see where they’re going.

17 Hidden things will always come out into the open. Secret things will come to light and be exposed. 18 I hope you’re still listening. And I hope you’re listening carefully. If you get what I’m saying, you’ll get more. If you miss My meaning, even the understanding you think you have will be taken from you.

19 Around this time, Jesus was speaking to a crowd of people gathered in a house. His mother and brothers arrived to see Him, but the crowd around Him was so huge that they couldn’t even get through the door. 20 Word spread through the crowd.

Someone from the Crowd: Jesus, Your mother and brothers are outside the house hoping to see You.

Jesus: 21 Do you want to know who My mother and brothers are? They’re the ones who truly understand God’s message and obey it.

22 Picture this:

One day Jesus and His disciples get into a boat.

Jesus: Let’s cross the lake.

So they push off from shore and begin sailing to the far side. 23 As they progress across the lake, Jesus falls sound asleep. Soon a raging storm blows in. The waves wash over the sides of the boat, and the boat starts filling up with water. Every second the situation becomes more dangerous.

24 The disciples shake Jesus and wake Him.

Disciples (shouting): Master! Master! We’re all going to die!

Jesus wakes up and tells the wind to stop whipping them around, and He tells the furious waves to calm down. They do just that. 25 Then Jesus turns to the disciples.

Jesus: What happened to your faith?

The disciples had been terrified during the storm, but now they’re afraid in another way. They turn to each other and start whispering, chattering, and wondering.

Disciples: Who is this man? How can He command wind and water so they do what He says?

26 When they get to the other side of the lake, in the Gerasene country opposite Galilee, 27 a man from the city is waiting for Jesus when He steps out of the boat. The man is full of demonic spirits. He’s been running around for a long time stark naked, and he’s homeless, sleeping among the dead in a cemetery. 28-29 This man has on many occasions been tied up and chained and kept under guard, but each time he has broken free and the demonic power has driven him back into remote places away from human contact. Jesus commands the demonic force to leave him. The man looks at Jesus and starts screaming. He falls down in front of Jesus.

Possessed Man (shouting): Don’t torment me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! Why are You here?

Jesus (calmly and simply): 30 What’s your name?

Possessed Man: Battalion.

He says this because an army of demons is inside of him. 31 The demons start begging Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit. 32 They plead instead to enter into a herd of pigs feeding on a steep hillside near the shore. Jesus gives them permission to do so. 33 Suddenly the man is liberated from the demons, but the pigs—they stampede, squealing down the hill and into the lake where they drown themselves.

34 The pig owners see all this. They run back to their town and tell everyone in the region about it. 35 Soon a crowd rushes from the town to see what’s going on out by the lake. There they find Jesus seated to teach with the newly liberated man sitting at His feet learning in the posture of a disciple. This former madman is now properly dressed and completely sane. This frightens the people. 36 The pig owners tell them the whole story—the healing, the pigs’ mass suicide, everything.

37 The people are scared to death, and they don’t want this scary abnormality happening in their territory. They ask Jesus to leave immediately. Jesus doesn’t argue. He prepares to leave, 38 but before they embark, the newly liberated man begs to come along and join the band of disciples.

Jesus: 39 No. Go home. Tell your people this amazing story about how much God has done for you.

The man does so. In fact, he tells everyone in the whole city how much Jesus did for him that day on the shore.

40 When Jesus and His disciples crossed the lake, another crowd was waiting to welcome Him. 41 A man made his way through the crowd. His name was Jairus, and he was a synagogue official. Like the man on the other side of the lake, this dignified man also fell at Jesus’ feet, begging Jesus to visit his home 42 where his only daughter, a girl of 12, lay dying. Jesus set out with Jairus. The crowd came along, too, pressing hard against Him.

43 In the crowd was a woman. She had suffered from an incurable menstrual disorder for 12 years [and had spent her livelihood on doctors with no effect].[b] It had kept her miserable and ritually unclean, unable to participate fully in Jewish life. 44 She followed Jesus, until she could reach Him. She touched the fringe of the robe Jesus wore, and at that moment the bleeding stopped.

Jesus (stopping and looking about): 45 Who touched Me?

Some in the Crowd (everyone speaking at once): Not me.

Another in the Crowd: It wasn’t me either.

Peter [and those with him][c] (intervening): Master, what kind of question is that, with this huge crowd all around You and many people touching You on all sides?

Jesus: 46 I felt something. I felt power going out from Me. I know that somebody touched Me.

47 The woman now realized her secret was going to come out sooner or later, so she stepped out of the crowd, shaking with fear, and she fell down in front of Jesus. Then she told her story in front of everyone—why she touched Him, what happened as a result.

Jesus: 48 Your faith has made you well again, daughter. Go in peace.

49 Right at that instant, one of Jairus’s household servants arrived.

Servant: Sir, your daughter is dead. It’s no use bothering the Teacher with this anymore.

Jesus (interrupting Jairus before he could speak): 50 Don’t be afraid. Just believe. She’ll be well again.

51-52 As they approached the house, the whole neighborhood was full of the sound of mourning—weeping, wailing, loud crying. Jesus told everyone to stay outside—everyone except Peter, John, James, and, of course, the girl’s father and mother.

Jesus (to the mourners): Please stop weeping. The girl isn’t dead. She’s only asleep.

53 They knew for certain that she was dead, so their bitter tears now mixed with mocking laughter.

54 Meanwhile, inside, Jesus took the girl’s hand.

Jesus: Child, get up!

55 She started breathing again, and she sat right up.

Jesus: Get her something to eat.

56 Her parents were amazed, but Jesus sternly told them to keep what had happened a secret.

Footnotes

  1. 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
  2. 8:43 This portion is omitted in some early manuscripts.
  3. 8:45 The earliest manuscripts omit this portion.

The Parable of the Sower(A)

After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.(B) The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene)(C) from whom seven demons had come out; Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod’s(D) household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”

When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(E)

His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you,(F) but to others I speak in parables, so that,

“‘though seeing, they may not see;
    though hearing, they may not understand.’[a](G)

11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.(H) 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.(I) 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches(J) and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

A Lamp on a Stand

16 “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.(K) 17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.(L) 18 Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken from them.”(M)

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers(N)

19 Now Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. 20 Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers(O) are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

21 He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”(P)

Jesus Calms the Storm(Q)(R)

22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.

24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master,(S) we’re going to drown!”

He got up and rebuked(T) the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.(U) 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.

In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”

Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man(V)(W)

26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,[b] which is across the lake from Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(X) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(Y) I beg you, don’t torture me!” 29 For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31 And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.(Z)

32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. 33 When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake(AA) and was drowned.

34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, 35 and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet,(AB) dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 36 Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed(AC) man had been cured. 37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them,(AD) because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 “Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman(AE)

40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader,(AF) came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding(AG) for twelve years,[c] but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak,(AH) and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master,(AI) the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me;(AJ) I know that power has gone out from me.”(AK)

47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.(AL) Go in peace.”(AM)

49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader.(AN) “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don’t bother the teacher anymore.”

50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James,(AO) and the child’s father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning(AP) for her. “Stop wailing,” Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.”(AQ)

53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!”(AR) 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. 56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Luke 8:10 Isaiah 6:9
  2. Luke 8:26 Some manuscripts Gadarenes; other manuscripts Gergesenes; also in verse 37
  3. Luke 8:43 Many manuscripts years, and she had spent all she had on doctors