Luke 8

Women Minister to Jesus

1 Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him, ‡ Mat 4:23Rom 10:15Act 10:38Act 13:32Mat 9:35Isa 61:1-3Luk 2:10-11Luk 4:18 +72 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, ‡ Mrk 16:9Mat 27:55-56Mrk 15:40-41Jhn 19:25Act 1:14Luk 23:27Luk 23:49Luk 23:55 +23 Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them ¹out of their own means. ‡ 2Co 8:9Act 9:36-39Php 4:221Ti 5:10Jhn 4:46-531Ch 29:14Isa 23:18Mat 2:11 +6

The Parable of the Sower

(Matthew 13:1–23; Mark 4:1–20)

4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: ‡ Mrk 4:1-9Mat 13:2-9 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. ‡ Heb 2:1Jas 1:23-24Mrk 4:15Luk 8:11-12Gen 15:11Mrk 4:26-29Mat 13:18-19Mat 13:24-26 +5

6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. ‡ Heb 3:7-8Luk 8:13Mrk 4:5-6Rom 2:4-5Amo 6:12Ezk 36:26Heb 3:15Jer 5:3 +4

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings. ‡ Jer 4:3Luk 8:14Gen 3:18Heb 6:7-8Luk 21:34Mat 13:22Mat 13:7Mrk 4:18-19 +1

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” ‡ Mat 11:15Rev 2:11Rev 2:7Mat 13:23Mat 13:8-9Mrk 4:20Mrk 4:8Pro 20:12 +10

As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

9 Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant. ‡ Mat 13:10Mat 13:18Mrk 4:10Hos 6:3Jhn 15:15Mat 13:36Mat 15:15Mrk 4:34 +1

10 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‡ Isa 6:9Mrk 4:11Mat 11:25Jer 5:21Isa 44:18Mat 13:11-17Act 28:26-27Col 2:2 +14

‘though seeing, they may not see;

though hearing, they may not understand.’ ²

11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. ‡ 1Pe 1:23-25Mat 13:19Mrk 4:14-20Jas 1:211Co 3:6-71Co 3:9-12Isa 8:20 12 The seeds ³along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. ‡ 2Th 2:9-14Mat 13:19Rev 12:9Mrk 4:15Pro 1:24-26Jas 1:23-24Pro 4:5Isa 65:11 +2

13 The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away. ‡ Hos 6:4Jhn 5:35Pro 12:122Pe 2:22Ezk 33:32Jud 1:121Co 15:22Pe 2:20 +27

14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature. ‡ 1Jn 2:15-171Ti 6:9-101Ti 6:17Luk 21:34Mat 13:22Mat 6:24-25Mrk 4:19Luk 8:7 +6

15 But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop. ‡ Heb 10:36Gal 5:22-26Col 1:10Luk 6:451Jn 2:3Col 1:6Jas 1:22-25Jhn 14:15 +29

The Lesson of the Lamp

(Mark 4:21–25)

16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light. ‡ Luk 11:33Mat 5:15-16Mrk 4:21-22Act 26:18Php 2:15-16Rev 1:20Rev 11:4 17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light. ‡ Luk 12:2-3Mat 10:26Mrk 4:22Ecc 12:141Co 4:5

18 Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.” ‡ Mat 13:12Luk 19:26Mrk 4:23-25Mat 25:29Pro 2:2-5Heb 2:1Jhn 15:21Co 14:37 +17

Jesus’ Mother and Brothers

(Matthew 12:46–50; Mark 3:31–35)

19 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd. ‡ Mat 12:46-50Mrk 3:21Mrk 3:31-35 20 He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.” ‡ 1Co 9:5Act 1:14Gal 1:19Jhn 7:3-6Mat 13:55-56Mrk 6:3

21 But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.” ‡ Luk 11:27-28Jas 1:22Jhn 13:171Jn 2:293Jn 1:11Heb 2:11-132Co 6:18Jhn 15:14-15 +10

Jesus Calms the Storm

(Psalms 107:1–43; Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41)

22 One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out. ‡ Mat 8:23-27Mrk 4:35-41Mrk 6:45Luk 5:1Luk 8:23Mat 14:22Mrk 8:13Jhn 6:1 +2

23 As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. ‡ Isa 54:11Psa 93:3-4Act 27:14-20Isa 51:9-10Luk 8:22Psa 107:23-30Psa 124:2-4Psa 148:8 +224 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” ‡ Luk 4:39Psa 107:25-292Co 1:9-10Luk 5:5Psa 104:6-9Jer 5:22Jhn 2:2-6Nam 1:4 +7

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” He asked. ‡ Mat 8:26Mrk 4:40-41Pro 30:4Jhn 11:40Mat 14:31Gen 1:9-10Luk 12:28Mat 17:20 +4

Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

The Demons and the Pigs

(Matthew 8:28–34; Mark 5:1–20)

26 Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, ⁴ across the lake from Galilee. ‡ Mrk 5:1-20Mat 8:28-34 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 clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs. ‡ Mrk 5:2-51Sa 19:24Num 19:16Isa 65:4

28 When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!” ‡ Mat 8:292Pe 2:41Jn 3:8Act 16:16-18Isa 27:1Jas 2:19Luk 4:33-36Luk 8:37-38 +429 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places. ‡ 2Ti 2:25-26Act 19:12-16Luk 9:39Luk 9:42Mrk 5:3-5Mrk 5:8Mrk 9:20-26

30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked. ‡ Mat 26:53Luk 8:2Mat 8:29Mrk 16:9Mrk 5:9

“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31 And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss. ‡ Mat 25:41Job 1:11Job 2:5Luk 8:28Php 2:10-11Rev 11:7Rev 17:8Rev 19:20 +4

32 There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission. ‡ Isa 65:4Isa 66:31Jn 4:41Ki 22:22Jhn 19:11Job 1:10Job 1:12Job 2:6 +5

33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. ‡ 1Pe 5:8Jhn 8:44Luk 8:22-23Rev 9:11

34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside. ‡ Mrk 5:14Act 19:16-17Mat 28:11Mat 8:33 35 So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. ‡ Luk 10:391Jn 3:8Act 22:3Psa 51:10Heb 2:14-15Isa 53:12Luk 8:27Isa 49:24-25 +336 Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed. ‡ Mat 4:24

37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back. ‡ Act 16:39Luk 5:81Ki 17:181Sa 6:20Deu 5:25Job 21:14-15Luk 10:10-11Luk 10:16 +6

38 The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying, ‡ Act 9:13-16Mrk 5:18-20Psa 145:3-121Ti 1:13-16Deu 10:20-21Exo 12:25-27Exo 13:14-16Exo 13:8-9 +1439 “Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him. ‡ 1Ti 5:8Jhn 4:29Luk 17:15-18Deu 10:21Dan 4:1-3Dan 4:34-37Mrk 1:45Psa 126:2-3 +1

The Healing Touch of Jesus

(Matthew 9:18–26; Mark 5:21–43)

40 When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. ‡ Mat 9:1Mrk 5:21Mrk 6:20Act 10:33Jhn 5:35Luk 19:37-38Luk 19:48Luk 19:6 +341 Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house, ‡ Mrk 5:22-43Act 13:15Act 18:8Luk 13:14Luk 8:49Act 18:17Act 9:38Jhn 4:46-49 +642 because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. ‡ Luk 7:12Luk 8:45Mrk 5:24Ecc 6:12Ezk 24:16Ezk 24:25Gen 44:20-22Job 1:18-19 +5

As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him, 43 including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, ⁵ but no one was able to heal her. ‡ Mrk 5:25-26Mat 9:20-22Lev 15:25-33Luk 13:162Ch 16:12Mrk 9:21-22Isa 2:22Isa 55:1-3 +1144 She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. ‡ Mrk 5:27-28Deu 22:12Act 19:12Mal 4:2Exo 15:26Jhn 5:13Luk 13:13Luk 7:38 +4

45 “Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. ‡ Luk 9:13Luk 5:5Mrk 5:30-32

But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, ⁶ “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”

46 But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.” ‡ Luk 6:19Luk 5:171Pe 2:9

47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed. ‡ Mrk 5:331Co 2:3Luk 17:15-161Sa 16:42Co 7:15Act 16:29Heb 12:28Hab 3:16 +8

48 “Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.” ‡ Luk 7:50Mat 9:22Heb 4:2Act 14:9Luk 17:19Mrk 5:341Sa 1:172Co 6:18 +6

49 While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.” ‡ Mrk 5:35-43Isa 7:12Luk 7:6Luk 11:7Luk 8:41-43Mat 9:23-26

50 But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” ‡ Jhn 11:40Jhn 11:25Mrk 5:36Mrk 11:22-24Luk 8:48Rom 4:17Isa 50:10Mrk 9:23 +1

51 When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother. ‡ 1Ki 17:19-232Ki 4:4-6Isa 42:2Luk 9:28Mat 6:5-6Mrk 14:33Act 9:40Luk 6:14 +252 Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” ‡ Jhn 11:4Luk 23:272Sa 18:33Exo 24:17Gen 23:2Gen 27:34-35Jer 9:17-21Jhn 11:11-13 +353 And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead. ‡ Isa 53:3Luk 16:14Jhn 11:39Jhn 19:33-35Job 12:4Job 17:2Mrk 15:44-45Psa 22:7

54 But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!” ‡ Jer 31:32Act 9:40Jhn 11:43Jhn 5:21Jhn 5:28-29Luk 7:14-15Luk 8:51Mat 9:25 +555 Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat. ‡ Jhn 11:441Ki 17:21-23Luk 24:41-43Mrk 5:43 56 Her parents were astounded, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened. ‡ Mat 8:4Mat 9:30Luk 5:14Mrk 5:42-43