1 Po to Jėzus keliavo per miestus ir kaimus, pamokslaudamas ir skelbdamas Dievo karalystės Gerąją naujieną. Su Juo buvo dvylika

2 ir kelios moterys, išgydytos nuo piktųjų dvasių bei ligų: Marija, vadinama Magdaliete, iš kurios buvo išėję septyni demonai,

3 Erodo prievaizdo Chūzo žmona Joana, Zuzana ir daug kitų, kurios jiems tarnavo savo turtu.

4 Susirinkus gausiai miniai ir žmonėms iš visų miestų skubant pas Jį, Jis kalbėjo palyginimu:

5 "Sėjėjas išėjo sėti savo sėklos. Jam besėjant, vieni grūdai nukrito palei kelią, buvo sumindžioti, ir padangių paukščiai juos sulesė.

6 Kiti nukrito ant uolos, ir išdygę nudžiūvo, nes trūko drėgmės.

7 Kiti nukrito tarp erškėčių, ir tie, kartu išaugę, nusmelkė juos.

8 O dar kiti nukrito į gerą žemę ir išaugę davė šimteriopą derlių". Tai papasakojęs, Jis sušuko: "Kas turi ausis klausyti­teklauso!"

9 Jo mokiniai paklausė: "Ką reiškia šis palyginimas?"

10 Jis atsakė: "Jums duota pažinti Dievo karalystės paslaptis, o kitiems jos skelbiamos palyginimais, kad ‘žiūrėdami nematytų ir girdėdami nesuprastų’ ".

11 "Palyginimas štai ką reiškia: sėkla yra Dievo žodis.

12 Palei kelią­tai tie, kurie klausosi, paskui ateina velnias ir išrauna žodį iš jų širdies, kad jie netikėtų ir nebūtų išgelbėti.

13 Ant uolos­tai tie, kurie, išgirdę žodį, su džiaugsmu jį priima, bet neturi šaknų: jie kurį laiką tiki, o gundymo metu atkrinta.

14 Sėkla, kritusi tarp erškėčių,­tai tie, kurie išgirdo, bet, toliau eidami, buvo nusmelkti rūpesčių, turtų bei gyvenimo malonumų ir neduoda subrendusio vaisiaus.

15 Nukritusi į gerą žemę sėkla­tai tie, kurie klauso žodžio, išsaugo jį tyroje ir geroje širdyje ir duoda vaisių kantrumu".

16 "Nė vienas, uždegęs žiburį, neapvožia jo indu ir nekiša po lova, bet stato į žibintuvą, kad įeinantys matytų šviesą.

17 Nėra nieko paslėpta, kas nebūtų atskleista, nieko slapta, kas nepasidarytų žinoma ir neišeitų aikštėn.

18 Tad žiūrėkite, kaip klausotės. Kas turi, tam bus duota, o iš neturinčio bus atimta ir tai, ką jis tariasi turįs".

19 Pas Jėzų atėjo motina ir Jo broliai, bet negalėjo prieiti prie Jo per minią.

20 Jam pranešė: "Tavo motina ir broliai stovi lauke ir nori su Tavimi pasimatyti".

21 O Jis atsakė: "Mano motina ir mano broliai­tai tie, kurie klausosi Dievo žodžio ir jį vykdo".

22 Vieną dieną Jėzus su mokiniais įlipo į valtį ir pasakė: "Irkimės anapus ežero!" Ir jie išplaukė.

23 Jiems beplaukiant, Jėzus užmigo. Ežere kilo audra. Bangos pradėjo semti valtį, ir jie atsidūrė pavojuje.

24 Tuomet pripuolę jie ėmė žadinti Jį, šaukdami: "Mokytojau, Mokytojau, mes žūvame!" Atsikėlęs Jis sudraudė vėją ir bangas. Jos nurimo, ir stojo tyla.

25 O Jėzus paklausė juos: "Kur jūsų tikėjimas?" Jie išsigandę ir nustebę kalbėjosi tarpusavy: "Kas Jis toks, kad įsakinėja net vėjams ir vandeniui, ir tie Jo klauso?!"

26 Jie atplaukė į gadariečių kraštą, kuris yra priešingame Galilėjai krante.

27 Kai tik Jėzus išlipo į krantą, Jį pasitiko iš miesto atbėgęs vyras, kuris jau ilgą laiką turėjo demonų. Jis nedėvėjo drabužių ir negyveno namuose, bet laikėsi kapinėse.

28 Pamatęs Jėzų, jis suriko, parpuolė prieš Jį ir ėmė garsiai šaukti: "Ko nori iš manęs, Jėzau, aukščiausiojo Dievo Sūnau?! Maldauju, nekankink manęs!"

29 Mat Jėzus buvo įsakęs netyrajai dvasiai išeiti iš to žmogaus. Dvasia dažnai jį sugriebdavo ir, nors jį saugodavo surakintą grandinėmis, supančiotomis kojomis, jis sutraukydavo pančius ir demonas jį varydavo į dykumą.

30 Jėzus jo paklausė: "Kuo tu vardu?" Šis atsakė: "Legionas". Mat į jį buvo įėję daug demonų.

31 Jie maldavo Jėzų, kad Jis neįsakytų jiems eiti į bedugnę.

32 Tenai kalne ganėsi didelė banda kiaulių. Demonai prašė leisti sueiti į jas. Jėzus leido.

33 Tada demonai, išėję iš žmogaus, apniko kiaules. Banda tuojau metėsi nuo skardžio į ežerą ir prigėrė.

34 Pamatę, kas nutiko, piemenys pabėgo ir pranešė apie tai mieste bei kaimuose.

35 Žmonės išėjo pažiūrėti, kas atsitiko, ir, atėję prie Jėzaus, rado žmogų, iš kurio buvo išėję demonai, sėdintį prie Jėzaus kojų apsirengusį ir sveiko proto. Ir jie išsigando.

36 Tie, kurie matė, papasakojo, kaip buvo išgydytas demonų apsėstasis.

37 Tada visa gadariečių krašto minia ėmė prašyti, kad Jėzus pasitrauktų nuo jų, nes juos buvo apėmusi didelė baimė. Jis įsėdo į valtį ir grįžo atgal.

38 Vyras, iš kurio buvo išėję demonai, prašėsi paliekamas pas Jėzų. Tačiau Jis atleido jį ir paliepė:

39 "Grįžk namo ir papasakok, kokių didžių dalykų tau padarė Dievas". Tuomet jis nuėjo ir skelbė po visą miestą, ką Jėzus jam buvo padaręs.

40 Grįžtantį Jėzų pasitiko minia, nes visi Jo laukė.

41 Ir štai atėjo vyras, vardu Jayras, sinagogos vyresnysis. Jis puolė Jėzui po kojų, maldaudamas ateiti į jo namus.

42 Mat jo vienintelė, dvylikametė dukrelė buvo bemirštanti. Jėzus ėjo iš visų pusių spaudžiamas minios.

43 Viena moteris, dvylika metų serganti kraujoplūdžiu ir išleidusi gydytojams visus savo išteklius,­ bet jos nė vienas negalėjo pagydyti,­

44 prisiartino iš užpakalio ir prisilietė Jo drabužio apvado. Ir bematant kraujas liovėsi plūdęs.

45 Jėzus paklausė: "Kas mane palietė?" Visiems besiginant, Petras ir šalia jo esantys tarė: "Mokytojau, minia Tave spaudžia ir stumia, o Tu klausi: ‘Kas mane palietė?’ "

46 Bet Jėzus atsakė: "Mane kažkas palietė, nes Aš pajutau, kad iš manęs išėjo jėga".

47 Moteris, matydama, kad neliko nepastebėta, drebėdama prisiartino, parpuolė Jam po kojų ir visų žmonių akivaizdoje papasakojo, kodėl prisilietė ir kaip tuojau pasveiko.

48 Tuomet Jėzus jai tarė: "Dukra, tavo tikėjimas išgydė tave. Eik rami!"

49 Jam tebekalbant, atėjo kažkas iš sinagogos vyresniojo namų ir tam pranešė: "Tavo duktė numirė. Nebevargink Mokytojo".

50 Tai išgirdęs, Jėzus tarė: "Nebijok, tik tikėk, ir ji bus išgelbėta".

51 Atėjęs į namus, Jis neleido su savimi įeiti niekam, tik Petrui, Jonui, Jokūbui ir mergaitės tėvui bei motinai.

52 Visi verkė ir apraudojo ją. Bet Jis tarė: "Neverkite! Mergaitė nemirė, o tik miega".

53 Jie šaipėsi iš Jo, žinodami, kad ji mirusi.

54 Bet Jėzus juos visus išvarė, ir, paėmęs ją už rankos, sušuko: "Mergaite, kelkis!"

55 Jos dvasia sugrįžo, ir ji tuojau atsikėlė. Jėzus liepė duoti jai valgyti.

56 Jos tėvai be galo stebėjosi, o Jis įsakė niekam nesakyti, kas buvo įvykę.

1 And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

2 And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.

4 And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

10 And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

16 No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.

17 For nothing is put out of view which will not be made clear, and nothing is secret of which the knowledge will not come to light.

18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

19 And his mother and his brothers came to him, and they were not able to get near him because of the great number of people.

20 And someone said to him, Your mother and your brothers are outside desiring to see you.

21 But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

22 Now it came about 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 water: and they put out the boat.

23 But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

24 Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

25 And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

26 And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

27 And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

28 And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

29 For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

30 And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

31 And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

32 Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

33 And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

34 And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

35 And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

36 And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

37 And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

38 But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

39 Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

40 And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

41 Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;

42 For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

43 And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

44 Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped.

45 And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

46 But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

47 And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

48 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.

49 While he was still talking, someone came from the house of the ruler of the Synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead; do not go on troubling the Master.

50 But Jesus at these words said to him, Have no fear, only have faith, and she will be made well.

51 And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.

54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

55 And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.

56 And her father and mother were full of wonder, but he gave orders to them to say nothing about it to anyone.