Women provide for Jesus
1Now it happened after this that He started going around town by town, village by village, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God, and the twelve were with Him;
2also certain women who had been healed of malignant spirits and infirmities: Mary (the one called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had gone out;
3and Joanna the wife of Chuza, an official of Herod; and Susanna, and many others—these were providing for Him 203from their substance.
Parable of the soils
4Now when a large crowd had gathered, with people coming to Him from town after town, He spoke by a parable:
5“A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed some fell along the road, and it got trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
6And some fell on the rock ledge, and upon sprouting it withered, because it had no moisture.
7And some fell among thorns, and springing up together the thorns choked it.
8The rest fell into the good ground, and growing up it produced fruit a hundredfold.” Upon saying these things He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
The purpose of parables
9Then His disciples asked Him saying, “What does this parable mean?”
10So He said: “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest only in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ 204
The parable of the soils explained
11“Now here is the parable: The seed is the Word of God.
12Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, in order that they not be saved, having believed. 205
13Those on the rock ledge are the ones who, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; yet these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away. 206
14Now that which fell into the thorns: these are the ones who heard, yet as they go they are choked by cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
15But that on the good ground: these are the ones who having heard the word with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and produce fruit with perseverance.”
All will be exposed
16Upon saying these things He called out: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear! 207No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but he sets it on a lamp stand, so that those who come in may see the light.
17Further, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything concealed that will not be made known and come into the open.
18So be careful how you hear: 208Because whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Relationships redefined
19Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and they could not get near Him because of the crowd.
20And it was told Him by some saying, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”
21But in answer He said to them, “My mother and my brothers are these, the ones who hear the word of God and do it!” 209
Jesus stills a storm
22Now it happened 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 lake.” So they launched out.
23But as they sailed He fell asleep. A windstorm descended on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in jeopardy.
24So they came and awakened Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves of water—and they stopped, and there was a calm! 210
25So He said to them, “Where is your faith?” 211But being terrified they marveled, saying to each other: “Who can this be? 212Because He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
Jesus handles demon infestation
26Then they sailed to the district of the Gadarenes, 213which is opposite Galilee.
27Well when He stepped out on the land, a certain man of that town met Him, who had had demons for a long time—he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house, but among the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus he gave a yell, fell down before Him, and with a loud voice he said: “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? 214I beg you, don't torment me!”
29because He had commanded the unclean spirit to get out of the man (it had seized him many times—he would be bound with chains and shackles, being kept under guard; then bursting the bonds he would be driven by the demon into deserted places).
30Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” 215And he said, “Legion” (because many demons had gone into him).
31And he 216kept imploring Him that He would not order them to go away into the Abyss. 217
32Now a herd of many pigs was feeding there on the hillside; and they started begging Him that He would allow them to go into those; so He gave them permission.
33Then the demons exited the man and entered the pigs—and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned! 218
34Well when the herders saw what had happened they ran away and reported it in the town and in the countryside.
35So they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus; they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 219
36Also, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demonized man was healed.
37Then the whole multitude from the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked Him to depart from them, because they were overcome by fear. 220So He got into the boat and returned. 221
38Now the man from whom the demons had gone out had started begging Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,
39“Return to your house and recount how much God has done for you.” So he went his way and proclaimed all over town how much Jesus had done for him. 222
A desperate father
40Now it happened, when Jesus returned, that the crowd welcomed Him, because they were all waiting for Him. 223
41And then, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; he fell down at Jesus' feet and started begging Him to come to his house,
42because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. A desperate woman Now as He was going, the crowds were pressing against Him.
43And a woman—suffering with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, but could not be healed by any—
44approaching from behind touched the border of His garment; and immediately the flow of her blood stopped!
45So Jesus said, “Who touched me?” 224When all denied it, Peter and those with him said: “Master, the people are pressing against you and crowding in, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ” 225
46But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, because I noticed power going out from me.”
47Now when the woman saw that she could not hide, she came trembling, and falling down before Him she told Him in the presence of all the people 226the reason why she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately.
48So He said: “Courage, daughter, your faith has healed you. Go into peace.” 227
Jesus raises a dead girl
49While He was still speaking, here came someone from the synagogue ruler's house, saying to him: “Your daughter has died. Don't bother the teacher.”
50But upon hearing it Jesus reacted by saying to him, “Don't be afraid; just believe and she will be healed.”
51When He arrived at the house, He allowed no one to go in except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.
52Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.”
53They started ridiculing Him, knowing that she had died.
54So He put them all outside, and 228grasping her hand He called, saying, “Child, arise!”
55Then her spirit returned, and she got right up! And He directed that she be given something to eat. 229
56Her parents were astonished, but He charged them to tell no one what had happened. 230
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