Luke 8:16-25

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Jesus calms the storm

¹⁶ “Nobody lights a lamp,” continued Jesus, “and then hides it under a pot or a bed. They put it on a lampstand, so that people who come in can see the light. ¹⁷ You see, nothing is hidden which won’t become visible. Nothing is concealed that won’t come to light.

¹⁸ “So be careful how you listen. If you’ve got something, more will be given to you; if you haven’t, even what you imagine you have will be taken away from you.”

¹⁹ His mother and brothers came to him, and couldn’t get near him because of the crowd. ²⁰ So they sent a message to him: “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

²¹ “Mother and brothers, indeed?” replied Jesus. “Here are my mother and brothers—people who hear God’s word and do it!”

²² One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and suggested that they cross to the other shore. So they set off. ²³ As they were sailing, he fell asleep. A violent wind swept down on the lake, and the boat began to fill dangerously with water.

²⁴ “Master, Master!” shouted the disciples, coming and waking him up. “Master, we’re lost!”

He got up and scolded the wind and the waves. They stopped, and there was a flat calm.

²⁵ “Where’s your faith?” he asked them.

They were afraid and astonished. “Who is this, then,” they asked one another, “if he can give orders to wind and water, and they do what he says?”