Luke 8

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1After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him,

2and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;

3Joanna the wife of Cuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.

4While 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 of the air ate it up.

6Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture.

7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants.

8Still 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, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

9His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

10He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

11“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

12Those 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.

13Those on the rock 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.

14The 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 and pleasures, and they do not mature.

15But 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.

16“No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.

17For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

18Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

19Now Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd.

20Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

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

22One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let's go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out.

23As 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.

24The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we're going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.

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.”

26They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.

27When 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.

28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!”

29For Jesus had commanded the evil 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.

30Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

31And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

32A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission.

33When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

34When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside,

35and 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, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

36Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.

37Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

38The 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.

40Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.

41Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come to his house

42because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.

43And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.

44She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.”

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

47Then 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.

48Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

49While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don't bother the teacher any more.”

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

51When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother.

52Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. “Stop wailing,” Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.”

53They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

54But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!”

55Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.

56Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

Commentary

8:1-3 We are here told what Christ made the constant business of his life, it was teaching the gospel. Tidings of the kingdom of God are glad tidings, and what Christ came to bring. Certain women attended upon him who ministered to him of their substance. It showed the mean condition to which the Saviour humbled himself, that he needed their kindness, and his great humility, that he accepted it. Though rich, yet for our sakes he became poor.

"\nAnd certain women which had been healed of evil spirits,.... Of devils, who had possessed them, and were healed by Christ, dispossessing them; [See comments on Lu 7:21].\n\nand infirmities: various diseases of body: some were dispossessed of devils, and others freed from bodily disorders; of the first sort was\n\nMary Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils: by the order of Christ, for he cast them out, Mr 16:9 and which shows, that this is to be understood, in a literal sense, of devils, and the dispossession of them by Christ; and not in a figurative sense, of vices, and the expulsion of them by the power of divine grace; for this same phrase is used where real dispossessions are intended: nor need it be thought strange that seven devils should be in one person, when, in this same chapter, we read of a legion in one man, and which also Christ cast out, Lu 8:30. This woman seems to be a different person from her spoken of in the latter part of the preceding chapter, seeing this looks as if it was the first time of her being taken notice of by this evangelist, and is described by a different character. She is called "Magdalene", to distinguish her from others of the same name; the reason of which [See comments on Mt 27:56]. She is said {d} to be a widow, and so not being bound to an husband, was at leisure to follow Christ.\n\n{d} Jerom in Mar. xv. 40.\n\n\n "

"\nAnd Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward,.... Joanna, or Juchan, as the Syriac version calls her, was a name, among the Jews, for a woman, as Jochanan, or John, was for a man. In the Talmud {e} we read of one Jochani, or Joanni, the daughter of Retibi, the same name with this. Her husband's name was Chuza. Dr. Lightfoot observes, from a Talmudic treatise {f}, such a name in the genealogy of Haman, who is called the son of Chuza; and Haman being an Edomite, and this man being in the family of Herod, who was of that race, suggests it to be an Idumean name. But in my edition of that treatise, Haman is not called the son of Chuza, but \u05d1\u05e8 \u05db\u05d9\u05d6\u05d0, "the son of Ciza"; and besides, Chuza is a Jewish name, and the name of a family of note among the Jews: hence we read {g} of R. Broka the Chuzite; where the gloss is, "for he was", \u05de\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d5\u05d6\u05d0\u05d9, "of the family of Chuzai". And elsewhere {h} mention is made of two sons of Chuzai; and both the gloss, and Piske Harosh upon the place, say, "they were Jews": so Abimi is said to be of the family of Chuzai, or the Chuzites {i}; and the same is said of R. Acha {k}. This man, here mentioned, was Herod's steward; a steward of Herod the "tetrarch", of Galilee. The Arabic version calls him his "treasurer"; and the Vulgate Latin, and the Ethiopic versions, his "procurator"; and some have thought him to be a deputy governor of the province under him; but he seems rather to be a governor, or "chief of his house", as the Syriac version renders it: he was one that presided in his family, and managed his domestic affairs; was an overseer of them, as Joseph was in Potiphar's house; and the same Greek word that is here used, is adopted by the Jews into their language, and used of Joseph {l}: and who moreover say {m},\n\n"let not a man appoint a steward in his house; for if Potiphar had not appointed Joseph, \u05d0\u05e4\u05d5\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e4\u05d5\u05e1, "a steward" in his house, he had not come into that matter,''\n\nof calumny and reproach. It was common for kings, princes, and great men, to have such an officer in their families. We read {n} of a steward of king Agrippa's, who was of this same family. The Persic version is very foreign to the purpose, making Chuza to be "of the family of Herod". This man might be either dead, as some have conjectured; or, if living, might be secretly a friend of Christ, and so willing that his wife should follow him; or, if an enemy, such was her zeal for Christ, that she cheerfully exposed herself to all his resentments; and chose rather meanness, contempt, and persecution with Christ, and for his sake, than to enjoy all the pleasures of Herod's court without him.\n\nAnd Susannah; this also was a name for a woman with the, Jews, as appears from the history of one of this name with them, which stands among the apocryphal writings. She, as well as Joanna, and perhaps also Mary Magdalene, were rich, and persons of substance, as well as note, as should seem by what follows: "and many others"; that is, many other women; for the words, are of the feminine gender:\n\nwhich ministered unto him of their substance; four ancient copies of Beza's, and five of Stephens's, and the Syriac version read, "which ministered unto them"; that is, to Christ, and his disciples, as the Persic version expresses it.

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AMHEVG ከዚህም በኋላ እየሰበከና ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የምሥራች እየተናገረ በየከተማይቱ በየመንደሩም ያልፍ ነበር፤ አማርኛ BCV ድሕሪዙይ ኢየሱስ፥ መንግስቲ እግዚኣብሄር እናሰበኸን እናብሰረን፥ በብኸተማታትን በብዓድታትን ይዘዋወር ነበረ። እቶም ዓሰርተ ኽልተ ደቀ መዛሙርቱውን ምስኡ ነበሩ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Yeroo gabaabaa booddee Yesus mandarootaa fi gandeen keessa adeemee, mootummaa Waaqayyoo labsaa misraachoo himaa ture; b… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወእምዝ በሳኒታ አንሶሰወ እግዚእ ኢየሱስ ውስተ አህጉር ወአዕጸዳት ወሰበከ ሎሙ ወመሀሮሙ በእንተ መንግሥተ እግዚአብሔር ወምስሌሁ ዐሠርቱ ወክልኤቱ አርዳኢሁ። giz GAZGAZ Yeroo gabaabaa booddee Yesus mandarootaa fi gandeen keessa adeemee, mootummaa Waaqayyoo labsaa misraachoo himaa ture; b… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ድሕሪዙይ ኢየሱስ፥ መንግስቲ እግዚኣብሄር እናሰበኸን እናብሰረን፥ በብኸተማታትን በብዓድታትን ይዘዋወር ነበረ። እቶም ዓሰርተ ኽልተ ደቀ መዛሙርቱውን ምስኡ ነበሩ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት የምሥራች ቃል እየሰበከ በየከተማውና በየመንደሩ አለፈ። ዐሥራ ሁለቱም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ፤ አማርኛ SWAHSUV Ikawa baada ya hayo alikuwa akizungukazunguka katika miji na vijiji akihubiri na kuitangaza habari njema ya ufalme wa M… Kiswahili