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Luke 8
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Luke 8
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Some Women Accompany Jesus
8 Soon afterward he went on through one town and village after another, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,(A) 2 as well as some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,(B) 3 and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them[a] out of their own resources.
The Parable of the Sower
4 When a large crowd was gathering, as people were coming to him from town after town, he said in a parable: 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell on a path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6 Some fell on rock, and as it grew up it withered for lack of moisture. 7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 Some fell into good soil, and when it grew it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “If you have ears to hear, then hear!”(C)
The Purpose of the Parables
9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.(D) 10 He said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[b] of the kingdom of God, but to others I speak[c] in parables, so that
‘looking they may not perceive
and hearing they may not understand.’
The Parable of the Sower Explained
11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.(E) 12 The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe only for a while and in a time of testing fall away. 14 As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. 15 But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with endurance.
A Lamp under a Jar
16 “No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar or puts it under a bed; rather, one puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.(F) 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be disclosed, nor is anything secret that will not become known and come to light.(G) 18 So pay attention to how you listen, for to those who have, more will be given, and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.”(H)
The True Kindred of Jesus
19 Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20 And he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” 21 But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”(I)
Jesus Calms a Storm
22 One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they put out,(J) 23 and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A windstorm swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. 24 They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm.(K) 25 Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” They were terrified and amazed and said to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water and they obey him?”
Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
26 Then they arrived at the region of the Gerasenes,[d] which is opposite Galilee. 27 As he stepped out on shore, a man from the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had not worn[e] any clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, shouting, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me,”(L) 29 for Jesus[f] had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) 30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. 31 They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.(M)
32 Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding, and the demons[g] begged Jesus[h] to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd stampeded down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.(N)
34 When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they became frightened.(O) 36 Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed.(P) 37 Then the whole throng of people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes[i] asked Jesus[j] to leave them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.(Q) 38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged that he might be with him, but Jesus[k] sent him away, saying, 39 “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.
A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed
40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41 Just then there came a man named Jairus, a leader of the synagogue. He fell at Jesus’s feet and began pleading with him to come to his house, 42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying.
As he went, the crowds pressed in on him. 43 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all she had on physicians,[l] no one could cure her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately her flow of blood stopped. 45 Then Jesus asked, “Who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter[m] said, “Master, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing against you.”(R) 46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I noticed that power had gone out from me.”(S) 47 When the woman realized that she could not remain hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed. 48 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.”(T)
49 While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”(U) 50 When Jesus heard this, he replied, “Do not be afraid. Only believe, and she will be saved.” 51 When he came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him, except Peter, John, and James and the child’s father and mother. 52 Everyone was weeping and grieving for her, but he said, “Do not cry, for she is not dead but sleeping.”(V) 53 And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But taking her by the hand, he called out, “Child, get up!”(W) 55 Her spirit returned, and she stood up at once, and he directed them to give her something to eat. 56 Her parents were astounded, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.(X)
Footnotes
- 8.3 Other ancient authorities read him
- 8.10 Or mysteries
- 8.10 Gk lacks I speak
- 8.26 Other ancient authorities read Gadarenes or Gergesenes
- 8.27 Other ancient authorities read a man from the town who had had demons for a long time met him. He was not wearing
- 8.29 Gk he
- 8.32 Gk they
- 8.32 Gk him
- 8.37 Other ancient authorities read Gadarenes or Gergesenes
- 8.37 Gk him
- 8.38 Gk he
- 8.43 Other ancient authorities lack and though she had spent all she had on physicians
- 8.45 Other ancient authorities add and those who were with him
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Mujeres que servían a Jesús
8 Poco[a] después, Jesús comenzó a recorrer las ciudades y aldeas, proclamando y anunciando las buenas nuevas[b] del reino de Dios(A). Con Él iban los doce discípulos, 2 y también algunas mujeres(B) que habían sido sanadas de espíritus malos y de enfermedades: María, llamada Magdalena(C), de la que habían salido siete demonios; 3 Juana, mujer de Chuza, mayordomo(D) de Herodes(E); Susana y muchas otras que de sus bienes personales contribuían al sostenimiento de ellos.
Parábola del sembrador
4 (F)Habiéndose congregado una gran multitud y los que de varias ciudades acudían a Jesús, entonces les habló por medio de una parábola: 5 «El sembrador salió a sembrar su semilla. Al sembrarla, una parte cayó junto al camino, y fue pisoteada y las aves del cielo se la comieron. 6 Otra parte cayó sobre la roca, y tan pronto como creció, se secó, porque no tenía humedad. 7 Otra parte cayó en medio de los espinos; y los espinos, al crecer con ella, la ahogaron. 8 Y otra parte cayó en tierra buena, y creció y produjo una cosecha a ciento por uno». Al hablar estas cosas, Jesús exclamaba: «El que tiene oídos para oír, que oiga(G)».
Explicación de la parábola
9 (H)Sus discípulos le preguntaban qué quería decir esta parábola, 10 y Él respondió: «A ustedes se les ha concedido conocer los misterios del reino de Dios(I), pero a los demás les hablo en parábolas, para que viendo, no vean; y oyendo, no entiendan(J).
11 La parábola es esta: la semilla es la palabra de Dios(K) . 12 Aquellos a lo largo del camino son los que han oído, pero después viene el diablo y arrebata la palabra de sus corazones, para que no crean y se salven. 13 Aquellos sobre la roca son los que, cuando oyen, reciben la palabra con gozo; pero[c]no tienen raíz profunda; creen[d]por algún tiempo, y en el momento de la tentación sucumben. 14 La semilla que cayó entre los espinos, son los que han oído, y al continuar su camino son ahogados por las preocupaciones, las riquezas y los placeres de la vida, y su fruto no madura. 15 Pero la semilla en la tierra buena, son los que han oído la palabra con corazón recto y bueno, y la retienen, y dan fruto con su perseverancia.
16 »Nadie enciende una lámpara y la cubre con una vasija, o la pone debajo de una cama, sino que la pone sobre un candelero para que los que entren vean la luz(L) . 17 Pues no hay nada oculto que no haya de ser manifiesto, ni secreto que no haya de ser conocido y salga a la luz(M).
18 »Por tanto, tengan cuidado de cómo oyen; porque al que tiene, más le será dado; y al que no tiene, aun lo que cree que tiene[e] se le quitará(N) ».
La madre y los hermanos de Jesús
19 (O)Entonces la madre y los hermanos de Jesús llegaron a donde Él estaba, pero no podían acercarse a Él debido al gentío. 20 «Tu madre y Tus hermanos están afuera y te quieren ver», le avisaron. 21 Pero Él les respondió: «Mi madre y Mis hermanos son estos que oyen la palabra de Dios y la hacen(P)».
Jesús calma la tempestad
22 (Q)Uno de aquellos días, Jesús entró en una barca con Sus discípulos, y les dijo: «Pasemos al otro lado del lago(R)». Y se hicieron a la mar. 23 Pero mientras ellos navegaban, Él se durmió; y una violenta tempestad[f] descendió sobre el lago(S), y comenzaron a hundirse y corrían peligro.
24 Llegándose a Jesús, lo despertaron, diciendo: «¡Maestro, Maestro(T), que perecemos!». Y Él, levantándose, reprendió(U) al viento y a las olas embravecidas, y cesaron y sobrevino la calma. 25 «¿Dónde está la fe de ustedes?», les dijo. Pero ellos estaban atemorizados y asombrados, diciéndose unos a otros: «¿Quién, pues, es Este que aun a los vientos y al agua manda y lo obedecen?».
El endemoniado gadareno
26 (V)Entonces navegaron hacia la tierra de los gadarenos[g] que está al lado opuesto de Galilea. 27 Cuando Jesús bajó a tierra, le salió al encuentro un hombre de la ciudad poseído por demonios, y que por mucho tiempo no se había puesto ropa alguna, ni vivía en una casa sino en los sepulcros. 28 Al ver a Jesús, gritó y cayó delante de Él, y dijo en alta voz: «¿Qué tienes Tú que ver conmigo[h], Jesús, Hijo del Dios(W) Altísimo? Te ruego que no me atormentes(X)».
29 Porque Él mandaba al espíritu inmundo que saliera del hombre, pues muchas veces[i] se había apoderado de él, y[j] estaba atado con cadenas y grillos y bajo guardia; a pesar de todo rompía las ataduras y era llevado por el demonio a los desiertos. 30 Entonces Jesús le preguntó: «¿Cómo te llamas?». «Legión(Y)», contestó; porque muchos demonios habían entrado en él.
31 Y le rogaban que no les ordenara irse al abismo(Z). 32 Había una manada de muchos cerdos paciendo allí en el monte; y los demonios le rogaron que les permitiera entrar en los cerdos[k]. Y Él les dio permiso. 33 Los demonios salieron del hombre y entraron en los cerdos, y la manada se precipitó por el despeñadero al lago(AA) y se ahogaron.
34 Cuando los que los cuidaban vieron lo que había sucedido, huyeron y lo contaron en la ciudad y por los campos. 35 Salió entonces la gente a ver qué había sucedido; y vinieron a Jesús, y encontraron al hombre de quien habían salido los demonios, sentado a los pies de Jesús(AB), vestido y en su cabal juicio, y se llenaron de temor. 36 Los que lo habían visto, les contaron cómo el que estaba endemoniado(AC) había sido sanado[l]. 37 Entonces toda la gente[m] de la región alrededor de los gadarenos le pidió a Jesús que se alejara de ellos, porque estaban poseídos de un gran temor. Y Él, entrando a una barca, regresó.
38 (AD)Pero el hombre de quien habían salido los demonios le rogaba que le permitiera estar con Él[n]; pero Jesús lo despidió, diciendo: 39 «Vuelve a tu casa, y cuenta cuán grandes cosas[o]Dios ha hecho por ti». Y él se fue, proclamando por toda la ciudad cuán grandes cosas[p] Jesús había hecho por él.
Jairo ruega por su hija
40 Cuando Jesús volvió, la multitud lo recibió con gozo(AE), porque todos lo habían estado esperando. 41 (AF)Entonces llegó un hombre llamado Jairo, que era un oficial[q] de la sinagoga(AG). Cayendo a los pies de Jesús, le rogaba que entrara a su casa; 42 porque tenía una hija única[r], como de doce años, que estaba al borde de la muerte. Pero mientras Él iba, la muchedumbre lo apretaba.
Jesús sana a una mujer
43 Y una mujer que había tenido un flujo de sangre por doce años y que había gastado en médicos todo cuanto tenía[s], sin que nadie pudiera curarla, 44 se acercó a Jesús por detrás y tocó el borde de Su manto, y al instante cesó el flujo de su sangre. 45 Y Jesús preguntó: «¿Quién es el que me ha tocado?». Mientras todos lo negaban, Pedro dijo, y los que con él estaban[t]: «Maestro(AH), las multitudes te aprietan y te oprimen».
46 Pero Jesús dijo: «Alguien me tocó, porque me di cuenta de que había salido poder(AI)de Mí». 47 Al ver la mujer que ella no había pasado inadvertida, se acercó temblando, y cayendo delante de Él, declaró en presencia de todo el pueblo la razón por la cual lo había tocado, y cómo al instante había sido sanada. 48 Y Él le dijo: «Hija, tu fe te ha sanado[u](AJ); vete en paz(AK)».
Jesús resucita a la hija de Jairo
49 Mientras Jesús estaba todavía hablando, vino* alguien de la casa de Jairo, oficial de la sinagoga(AL), diciendo: «Tu hija ha muerto; no molestes más al Maestro». 50 Pero cuando Jesús lo oyó, le respondió: «No temas(AM); cree solamente, y ella será sanada[v]». 51 Al llegar Jesús a la casa, no permitió que nadie entrara con Él sino solo Pedro, Juan y Jacobo[w], y el padre y la madre de la muchacha. 52 Todos la lloraban y se lamentaban(AN); pero Él dijo: «No lloren, porque no ha muerto, sino que duerme(AO)».
53 Y se burlaban de Él, sabiendo que ella había muerto. 54 Pero Él, tomándola de la mano, clamó, diciendo: «¡Niña, levántate!». 55 Entonces le volvió a ella su espíritu y se levantó al instante, y Jesús mandó que le dieran de comer. 56 Sus padres estaban asombrados, pero Él les encargó que no dijeran a nadie(AP) lo que había sucedido.
Footnotes
- 8:1 Lit. Y sucedió.
- 8:1 O el evangelio.
- 8:13 Lit. y.
- 8:13 Lit. quienes creen.
- 8:18 O parece tener.
- 8:23 Lit. tempestad de viento.
- 8:26 Otros mss. dicen: guerasenos, o guerguesenos, y así en el vers. 37.
- 8:28 Lit. ¿Qué a mí y a ti.
- 8:29 Algunas versiones traducen: que hacía mucho tiempo.
- 8:29 O le había atacado con fuerza, y.
- 8:32 Lit. a ellos.
- 8:36 Lit. salvado.
- 8:37 Lit. la multitud.
- 8:38 Lit. estar con Él.
- 8:39 O todo lo que.
- 8:39 O todo lo que.
- 8:41 O principal.
- 8:42 O solo una hija.
- 8:43 Algunos mss. antiguos no incluyen: y que había…cuanto tenía.
- 8:45 Algunos mss. antiguos no incluyen: y los... estaban.
- 8:48 Lit. salvado.
- 8:50 Lit. salvada.
- 8:51 O Santiago.
Luke 8
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Luke 8
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The Parable of the Sower(A)
8 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, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene)(C) from whom seven demons had come out; 3 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.
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “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. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 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)
9 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,
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)
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