1 Pouco tempo depois, Jesus começou a percorrer as cidades e os povoados vizinhos, anunciando as boas-novas a respeito do reino de Deus. Iam com ele os Doze 2 e também algumas mulheres que tinham sido curadas de espíritos impuros e enfermidades. Entre elas estavam Maria Madalena, de quem ele havia expulsado sete demônios; 3 Joana, esposa de Cuza, administrador de Herodes; Susana, e muitas outras que contribuíam com seus próprios recursos para o sustento de Jesus e seus discípulos.
4 Certo dia, uma grande multidão, vinda de várias cidades, juntou-se para ouvir Jesus, e ele lhes contou uma parábola: 5 "Um lavrador saiu para semear. Enquanto espalhava as sementes pelo campo, algumas caíram à beira do caminho, onde foram pisadas, e as aves vieram e as comeram. 6 Outras caíram entre as pedras e começaram a crescer, mas as plantas logo murcharam por falta de umidade. 7 Outras sementes caíram entre os espinhos, que cresceram com elas e sufocaram os brotos. 8 Ainda outras caíram em solo fértil e produziram uma colheita cem vezes maior que a quantidade semeada". Quando ele terminou de dizer isso, declarou: "Quem é capaz de ouvir, ouça com atenção!".
9 Seus discípulos lhe perguntaram o que a parábola significava. 10 Ele respondeu: "A vocês é permitido entender os segredos do reino de Deus, mas uso parábolas para ensinar os outros, a fim de que,
‘Quando olharem, não vejam;
quando escutarem, não entendam’.
11 "Este é o significado da parábola: As sementes são a palavra de Deus. 12 As sementes que caíram à beira do caminho representam os que ouvem a mensagem, mas o diabo vem e a arranca do coração deles e os impede de crer e ser salvos. 13 As sementes no solo rochoso representam os que ouvem a mensagem e a recebem com alegria. Uma vez, porém, que não têm raízes profundas, creem apenas por um tempo e depois desanimam quando enfrentam provações. 14 As que caíram entre os espinhos representam outros que ouvem a mensagem, mas logo ela é sufocada pelas preocupações, riquezas e prazeres desta vida, de modo que nunca amadurecem. 15 E as que caíram em solo fértil representam os que, com coração bom e receptivo, ouvem a mensagem, a aceitam e, com paciência, produzem uma grande colheita."
16 "Não faz sentido acender uma lâmpada e depois cobri-la com uma vasilha ou escondê-la debaixo da cama. Pelo contrário, ela é colocada num pedestal, de onde sua luz pode ser vista pelos que entram na casa. 17 Da mesma forma, tudo que está escondido será revelado, e tudo que está oculto virá à luz e será conhecido por todos.
18 "Portanto, ouçam com atenção! Pois ao que tem, mais lhe será dado, mas do que não tem, até o que pensa ter lhe será tomado".
19 Então a mãe e os irmãos de Jesus foram vê-lo, mas não conseguiram chegar até ele por causa da multidão. 20 Alguém disse a Jesus: "Sua mãe e seus irmãos estão lá fora e querem vê-lo".
21 Jesus respondeu: "Minha mãe e meus irmãos são aqueles que ouvem a palavra de Deus e a praticam".
22 Certo dia, Jesus disse a seus discípulos: "Vamos para o outro lado do mar". Assim, entraram num barco e partiram. 23 Durante a travessia, Jesus caiu no sono. Logo, porém, veio sobre o mar uma forte tempestade. O barco começou a se encher de água, colocando-os em grande perigo.
24 Os discípulos foram acordá-lo, clamando: "Mestre, Mestre, vamos morrer!".
Quando Jesus despertou, repreendeu o vento e as ondas violentas. A tempestade parou, e tudo se acalmou. 25 Então ele lhes perguntou: "Onde está a sua fé?".
Admirados e temerosos, os discípulos diziam entre si: "Quem é este homem? Quando ele ordena, até os ventos e o mar lhe obedecem!".
26 Então chegaram à região dos gadarenos, do outro lado do mar da Galileia. 27 Quando Jesus desembarcou, um homem possuído por demônios veio ao seu encontro. Fazia muito tempo que ele não tinha casa nem roupas e vivia num cemitério fora da cidade.
28 Assim que viu Jesus, gritou e caiu diante dele. Então disse em alta voz: "Por que vem me importunar, Jesus, Filho do Deus Altíssimo? Suplico que não me atormente!". 29 Pois Jesus já havia ordenado que o espírito impuro saísse dele. Esse espírito tinha dominado o homem em várias ocasiões. Mesmo quando era colocado sob guarda, com os pés e as mãos acorrentados, ele quebrava as correntes e, sob controle do demônio, corria para o deserto.
30 Jesus lhe perguntou: "Qual é o seu nome?".
"Legião", respondeu ele, pois havia muitos demônios dentro do homem. 31 E imploravam que Jesus não os mandasse para o abismo.
32 Ali perto, uma grande manada de porcos pastava na encosta de uma colina, e os demônios suplicaram que ele os deixasse entrar nos porcos.
Jesus lhes deu permissão. 33 Os demônios saíram do homem e entraram nos porcos, e toda a manada se atirou pela encosta íngreme para dentro do mar e se afogou.
34 Quando os que cuidavam dos porcos viram isso, fugiram para uma cidade próxima e para seus arredores, espalhando a notícia. 35 O povo correu para ver o que havia ocorrido. Uma multidão se juntou ao redor de Jesus, e eles viram o homem que havia sido liberto dos demônios. Estava sentado aos pés de Jesus, vestido e em perfeito juízo, e todos tiveram medo. 36 Os que presenciaram os acontecimentos contaram aos demais como o homem possuído por demônios tinha sido curado. 37 Todo o povo da região dos gadarenos suplicou que Jesus fosse embora, pois ficaram muito assustados.
Então ele voltou ao barco e partiu. 38 O homem que tinha sido liberto dos demônios suplicou para ir com ele, mas Jesus o mandou para casa, dizendo: 39 "Volte para sua família e conte a eles tudo que Deus fez por você". E o homem foi pela cidade inteira, anunciando tudo que Jesus tinha feito por ele.
40 Do outro lado do mar, as multidões receberam Jesus com alegria, pois o estavam esperando. 41 Então um homem chamado Jairo, um dos líderes da sinagoga local, veio e se prostrou aos pés de Jesus, suplicando que ele fosse à sua casa. 42 Sua única filha, de cerca de doze anos, estava à beira da morte.
Jesus o acompanhou, cercado pela multidão. 43 Uma mulher no meio do povo sofria havia doze anos de uma hemorragia, sem encontrar cura. 44 Ela se aproximou por trás de Jesus e tocou na borda de seu manto. No mesmo instante, a hemorragia parou.
45 "Quem tocou em mim?", perguntou Jesus.
Todos negaram, e Pedro disse: "Mestre, a multidão toda se aperta em volta do senhor".
46 Jesus, no entanto, disse: "Alguém certamente tocou em mim, pois senti que de mim saiu poder". 47 Quando a mulher percebeu que não poderia permanecer despercebida, começou a tremer e caiu de joelhos diante dele. Todos a ouviram explicar por que havia tocado nele e como havia sido curada de imediato. 48 Então ele disse: "Filha, sua fé a curou. Vá em paz".
49 Enquanto Jesus ainda falava com a mulher, chegou um mensageiro da casa de Jairo, o líder da sinagoga, a quem disse: "Sua filha morreu. Não incomode mais o mestre".
50 Ao ouvir isso, Jesus disse a Jairo: "Não tenha medo. Apenas creia, e ela será curada".
51 Quando chegaram à casa de Jairo, Jesus não deixou que ninguém o acompanhasse, exceto Pedro, João, Tiago e o pai e a mãe da menina. 52 A casa estava cheia de gente chorando e se lamentando, mas ele disse: "Parem de chorar! Ela não está morta; está apenas dormindo".
53 A multidão riu dele, pois todos sabiam que ela havia morrido. 54 Então Jesus a tomou pela mão e disse em voz alta: "Menina, levante-se!". 55 Naquele momento, ela voltou à vida e levantou-se de imediato. Então Jesus ordenou que dessem alguma coisa para ela comer. 56 Os pais dela ficaram maravilhados, mas Jesus insistiu que não contassem a ninguém o que havia acontecido.
1 After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The twelve were with him,
2 as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and illnesses: Mary, also called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
3 Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.
4 Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to him from every city, he said in a parable:
5 "A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate them up.
6 Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture.
7 Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes grew with them and choked them.
8 But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted." As he said this, he called out,"Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"
9 Then his disciples began to ask him what this parable meant.
10 So he said,"You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are givenin parables, so that‘they might look but not see,and they might listen but not understand.’"
11 "Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.
12 The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
13 The ones on the stony ground are the people who welcome the word with joy when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.
14 The ones that fell among the thornbushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.
15 But the ones on the good soil are the people who also hear the word but hold on to it with good and honest hearts and produce a crop through endurance."
16 "No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in will see the light.
17 For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing secret that will not become known and come to light.
18 So pay attention to how you listen. For to the one who has something, more will be given. However, from the one who doesn't have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."
19 His mother and his brothers came to him, but they couldn't get near him because of the crowd.
20 He was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and want to see you."
21 But he answered them,"My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."
22 One day Jesus and his disciples got into a boat. He said to them,"Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they started out.
23 Now as they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A violent storm swept over the lake, and they were taking on water and were in great danger.
24 So they went to him, woke him up, and said, "Master! Master! We're going to die!" He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. They stopped, and there was calm.
25 Then he asked the disciples,"Where is your faith?"Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, "Who is this man? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!"
26 They landed in the region of the Gerasenes, which is just across the lake from Galilee.
27 When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a certain man from the city met him. This man was controlled by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and said in a loud voice, "What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"
29 For Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.
30 Jesus asked him,"What's your name?"He answered, "Legion," because many demons had gone into him.
31 Then the demons began begging Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.
32 Now a large herd of pigs was grazing there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into those pigs, and he let them do this.
33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
34 Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.
35 So the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus’ feet, dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.
36 The people who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
37 Then all the people from the region surrounding the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were terrified. So he got into a boat and started back.
38 Now the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging Jesus to let him go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 "Go home and declare how much God has done for you."So the man left and kept proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
40 When Jesus came back, the crowd welcomed him, for everyone was expecting him.
41 Just then a synagogue leader by the name of Jairus arrived. He fell at Jesus’ feet and kept begging him to come to his home,
42 because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. While Jesus was on his way, the crowds continued to press in on him.
43 A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.
44 She came up behind Jesus and touched the tassel of his garment, and her bleeding stopped at once.
45 Jesus asked,"Who touched me?"While everyone was denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing in on you."
46 Still Jesus said,"Somebody touched me, for I know that power has gone out of me."
47 When the woman saw that she couldn't hide, she came forward trembling. Bowing down in front of him, she explained in the presence of all the people why she had touched Jesus and how she had been instantly healed.
48 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 home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Stop bothering the teacher anymore."
50 But when Jesus heard this, he told the synagogue leader,"Stop being afraid! Just believe, and she will get well."
51 When he arrived at the house, he allowed no one to go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the child's father and mother.
52 Now everyone was crying and wailing for her. But Jesus said,"Stop crying! She's not dead but is sleeping."
53 They laughed and laughed at him, because they knew she was dead.
54 But he took her hand and called out,"Child, get up!"
55 So her spirit returned, and she got up at once. Then he directed that she be given something to eat.
56 Her parents were amazed, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.