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1 Now it happened that soon afterward, he also began traveling around to different cities and villages, preaching and proclaiming the gospel about the kingdom of God, and the twelve were with him,
2 and also certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’ s manager; and Susanna; and many others, who were providing for them out of their possessions.
4 Now while a large crowd was gathering and coming to him from different towns, he spoke in a parable:
5 “The sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
6 And other seed fell on the rock, and when it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 And other seed fell in the midst of the thorns, and when it grew up, the thorns choked it.
8 But other seed fell on the good soil, and when it grew up, it produced a crop a hundred times greater.” After saying these things, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
9 Then his disciples asked him, “What might this parable mean?”
10 And he said, “To you has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but I speak to the rest in parables, so that, ‘Seeing, they may not see; and hearing, they may not understand.’
11 Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.
12 The ones along the path are those who have heard, but then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so they may not believe and be saved.
13 The ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. But they have no root; they believe for a time, and in a time of testing they fall away.
14 The ones that fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and they do not produce mature fruit.
15 But the ones on the good soil, these are the ones who, hearing the word with an honest and good heart, hold it securely and bear fruit with patient endurance.
16 No one lights a lamp and covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Rather, he puts it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.
17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made known, nor secret that will not be known and come into the light.
18 So be careful how you listen, for to whoever has, more will be given to him, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
19 Then his mother and brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.
20 Then he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”
21 But he answered and said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
22 Now it happened that on one of those days, he indeed 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 set sail.
23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep. Then a terrible windstorm came down on the lake, and their boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.
24 Then they came over and woke him up, saying, “Master! Master! We are perishing!” But he awoke, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25 Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” Then they were afraid and marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
26 So they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27 Now when he stepped on the land, a certain man from the city, who had demons, met him. Now for a long time he had not worn clothes, and he did not live in a house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and he said in a loud voice, “What is that to me and to you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you that you would not torment me.”
29 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and he had broken his chains and he would be driven by the demon into the wilderness.
30 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” and he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
31 And they kept begging him that he would not command them to go away into the abyss.
32 Now a large herd of pigs was there feeding on the hillside, and they begged him to let them go into them. So he gave them permission.
33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and was drowned.
34 Now when those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside.
35 Then the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
36 Then those who had seen it reported to them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed.
37 But all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, for they were overwhelmed with great fear. Then he got into the boat to return.
38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged him to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,
39 “Return to your home and describe all that God has done for you.” So he went on his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city all that Jesus had done for him.
40 Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.
41 Then see, there was a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a leader of the synagogue. And falling at the feet of Jesus, he begged him to come to his house,
42 because his only begotten daughter was about twelve years old, and she was dying. As he was on his way, the crowds of people were pressing around him.
43 Now there was a woman with a flow of blood for twelve years, who, having spent all her living on doctors, was not able to be healed by anyone.
44 She approached him from behind and touched the edge of his coat, and immediately her flow of blood stopped.
45 Then Jesus said, “Who is the one who touched me?” But when all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds of people are surrounding you and they are pressing against you.”
46 But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, for I know that power has gone out from me.”
47 When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people she declared for what reason she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.
48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
49 While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue leader’ s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Do not trouble the teacher any longer.”
50 But when Jesus heard this, he answered him, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be healed.”
51 When he came to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father of the child, and the mother.
52 Now they were all mourning and wailing for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead, but sleeps.”
53 But they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
54 But he, taking hold of her hand, called out, saying, “Child, get up!”
55 Then her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately, and he ordered that something be given to her to eat.
56 Now her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.
The Gospel of Luke