Lucas 8

1 Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve, 2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out; 3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them*8:3 TR reads "him" instead of "them" from their possessions. 4 When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable: 5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it. 6 Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 Some fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

9 Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

10 He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’✝8:10 Isaiah 6:9

11 "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation. 14 What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity. 15 Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has."

19 His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd. 20 Some people told him, "Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you."

21 But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it."

22 Now on one of those days, he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let’s go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. 23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water. 24 They came to him and awoke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are dying!" He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; then they ceased, and it was calm.✝8:24 See Psalms 107:29 25 He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, "Who is this then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"

26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!" 29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him. 31 They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

32 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them. 33 The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

34 When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.

35 People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 36 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed. 37 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned. 38 But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 "Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

40 When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 41 Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come into his house, 42 for he had an only born*8:42 The phrase "only born" is from the Greek word "μονογενη", which is sometimes translated "only begotten" or "one and only". daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him. 43 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any, 44 came behind him and touched the fringe*8:44 or, tassel of his cloak. Immediately the flow of her blood stopped.

45 Jesus said, "Who touched me?"

When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’"

46 But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me." 47 When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. 48 He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace."

49 While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don’t trouble the Teacher."

50 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, "Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed."

51 When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother. 52 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping."

53 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!" 55 Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat. 56 Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.

Ngā Wāhine i Haere i te Taha o Īhu

1 Ā muri tata iho ka hāereere anō ia ki ngā pā ki ngā kāinga, ka kauwhau, ka whakapuaki i te rongopai o te rangatiratanga o te Atua. I a ia hoki te tekau mā rua, 2 me ētahi wāhine kua oti nei te whakaora i ngā wairua kino, i ngā ngoikoretanga. Ko Meri (e huaina ana ko Makarini), e whitu nei ngā rēwera i puta mai i roto i a ia, 3 ko Hoana hoki, ko te wahine a Kūha, a te kaiwhakahauhau a Herora, me Huhana, me te tokomaha noa atu. Nā rātou i mahi ētahi o ā rātou taonga hei mea mā rātou.

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Kairui

4 Nā, ka rahi te hui i mine mai, ā, ka haere mai ki a ia o ia pā, o ia pā, ka kōrero kupu whakarite ia: 5 "I haere atu te kairui ki te rui i tāna purapura; ā, i a ia e rui ana, ka ngahoro ētahi ki te taha o te ara; ā, takahia ana ki raro, kainga ake e ngā manu o te rangi. 6 Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki runga ki te toka; ko te tupunga ake, kua maroke, kāhore hoki he mākūkū. 7 Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki roto ki ngā tātarāmoa; ā, tupu tahi ana ngā tātarāmoa, kōwaowaotia iho. 8 Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki te oneone pai; tupu ana, tātakirau ngā hua."

Ka mutu ēnei kōrero, ka karanga ia, "Ko ia he taringa ōna hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia."

Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite

9 Nā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, "He aha te tikanga o tēnei kupu whakarite?"

10 Ka mea ia, "Kua hoatu ki a koutou te mātauranga ki ngā mea ngaro o te rangatiratanga o te Atua; ki ērā atu ia, he whakarite ngā kupu.

‘Kia kite ai rātou, ā, e kore e kite,

kia rongo ai, ā, kore ake e mātau.’ "

Ka Whakamārama a Īhu i te Kupu Whakarite o te Kairui

11 "Nā, tēnei te kupu whakarite: Ko te purapura ko te kupu a te Atua. 12 Ko ērā i te huarahi, ko ngā kaiwhakarongo; me i reira ka haere mai te rēwera, ka kapo i te kupu i roto i ō rātou ngākau, kei whakapono rātou, ā, ka ora. 13 Ko ērā i runga i te toka ko te hunga i tango i te kupu me te hari anō i tō rātou rongonga; otirā kāhore ō rātou pakiaka, ka whakapono mō te wā poto nei, ā, i te wā o te whakamātautau ka taka atu. 14 Ko tērā i ngahoro ki roto ki ngā tātarāmoa, ko te hunga e whakarongo ana, ā, ko te haerenga atu, ka kōwaowaotia e ngā mānukanuka, e ngā taonga, e ngā whakaahuareka o te ao, ā, hore ake e pakari ō rātou hua. 15 Ko tērā i te oneone pai, ko te hunga e tika ana, e pai ana te ngākau, i te rongonga i te kupu, ka pupuri, ā, hua ana ngā hua i runga i te manawanui."

He Rama i raro o te Oko

16 "E kore e tahuna te rama e tētahi, e hīpokina ki te oko, e waiho rānei i raro i te moenga; engari, ka whakatūria ki runga ki te tūranga, kia kitea ai te mārama e te hunga e tomo ana. 17 E kore hoki tētahi mea i huna, e mahue te whakakite; e kore anō tētahi mea i ngaro, e mahue te mōhio, te puta hoki ki te mārama. 18 Nā reira kia tūpato tā koutou whakarongo. Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia; ki te kāhore he mea a tētahi, ko te mea i mahara ai ia nāna ake, ka tangohia i a ia."

Te Whaea me ngā Tēina o Īhu

19 Nā, ka haere mai ki a ia tōna whaea, me ōna tēina, otirā, kāhore rātou i āhei te tutuki mai ki a ia, i te pipiri o te tangata. 20 Nā, ka kōrerotia ki a ia, "Ko tōu whaea me ōu tēina te tū mai nei i waho, e mea ana kia kite i a koe."

21 Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ko ēnei, e whakarongo nei, ā, e mahi nei i te kupu a te Atua, tōku whaea me ōku tēina."

Ka Whakamarinotia e Īhu tētahi Marangai

22 Nā, i tētahi o aua rā ka eke ia, rātou ko āna ākonga ki te kaipuke, ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Tātou ka whakawhiti ki tāwāhi o te roto." Nā, rere ana rātou. 23 Otirā, i a rātou e rere ana, ka moe ia. Nā, ko te putanga o tētahi hau, he tūpuhi, ki te roto; ā, ka tomo rātou, tata pū te totohu.

24 Nā, ka haere rātou, ka whakaara i a ia, ka mea, "E kara, e kara, ka mate tātou!"

Nā, ka ara ia, ā, rīria ana e ia te hau, me te ngaru o te moana; ā, mutu iho, nā, kua marino. 25 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kei hea tō koutou whakapono?"

Mataku ana rātou, mīharo ana, ka mea ki a rātou anō, "Ko wai rā tēnei, ka tapa nei ki ngā hau, ki te moana, ā, rongo rawa ki a ia?"

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu tētahi Tangata he Rēwera Ōna

26 Nā, ka tae rātou ki te whenua o ngā Kararini, ki tāwāhi atu o Karirī. 27 Ā, nō tōna haerenga atu ki uta, ka tūtaki ki a ia he tangata nō te pā, he rēwera ōna, he roa kāhore anō i mau kākahu, kīhai anō i noho i roto i te whare, engari ki ngā urupā. 28 Ā, i tōna kitenga i a Īhu, ka karanga, ka takoto ki tōna aroaro, he nui tōna reo ki te mea, "He aha tāku ki a koe e Īhu, e te Tama a te Atua, a te Runga Rawa? Ē, kaua rā ahau e whakamamaetia." 29 I mea hoki ia ki te wairua poke kia puta i taua tangata. He maha hoki ngā wā i hopukia ai ia e ia, e tiakina ana hoki ia, he mea here ki ngā mekameka, ki ngā here waewae; heoi, motumotuhia ana e ia ngā here, ā, āia ana ia e te rēwera ki te koraha.

30 Nā, ka ui a Īhu ki a ia, "Ko wai tōu ingoa?"

Ka mea ia, "Ko Rihiona"; he tokomaha hoki ngā rēwera i tomo ki roto ki a ia. 31 Kātahi ka īnoi rātou ki a ia kia kaua rātou e tonoa e ia kia haere ki te hōhonu.

32 Nā, i reira tētahi kāhui poaka maha e kai ana i runga i te maunga; ā, ka īnoi rātou ki a ia kia tukua rātou kia tomo ki aua poaka. Ā, tukua ana rātou. 33 Ā, ko te putanga o aua rēwera i roto i te tangata, ka tomo ki roto ki ngā poaka, nā, ko te tino rerenga o te kāhui rā te pari ki te moana, ā, paremo iho.

34 Ā, nō ka kite ngā kaiwhāngai i taua mea i meatia, ka whati, ka haere ka kōrero ki te pā, ki aua whenua hoki. 35 Nā, ka haere rātou kia kite i taua mea i meatia, ā, i tō rātou taenga mai ki a Īhu, ka kite i te tangata i puta nei ngā rēwera i roto i a ia, kua oti te whakakākahu, kua tika ōna whakaaro, e noho ana i ngā waewae o Īhu, ā, ka mataku rātou. 36 Ā, kōrerotia ana ki a rātou e te hunga i kite, te whakaoranga o te tangata i ngā rēwera. 37 Nā, ka mea te huihui katoa o ngā kāinga pātata o ngā Kararini kia mawehe atu ia i a rātou, i mataku whakaharahara hoki rātou; ā, eke ana ia ki te kaipuke, hoki ana.

38 Otirā, ka īnoi ki a ia te tangata i puta rā ngā rēwera i roto i a ia, kia waiho ia hei hoa mōna. Heoi, ka tono atu a Īhu i a ia, ka mea, 39 "Hoki atu ki tōu whare, kōrerotia ngā mea nui kua meinga nei e te Atua ki a koe." Nā, haere ana ia, kōrerotia ana ki te pā katoa ngā mea nui i mea ai a Īhu ki a ia.

He Kōtiro Whakahemohemo me te Wahine Māuiui

40 Ā, i a Īhu i hoki ai, ka koa te mano, i te tatari katoa hoki rātou ki a ia. 41 Nā, ka haere mai tētahi tangata, ko Hairuha te ingoa, he rangatira nō te whare karakia. Ā, takoto ana ki ngā waewae o Īhu, ka īnoi ki a ia kia tomo ki tōna whare. 42 Kotahi tāna tamāhine, he huatahi kei te tekau mā rua ōna tau, nā, e whakahemohemo ana.

Nā, i tōna haerenga atu, ka popō ngā mano ki a ia. 43 Nā, tērā tētahi wahine e mate ana i te pākaruhanga toto, tekau mā rua ngā tau, ā, poto katoa tōna oranga ki ngā rata, kīhai rawa i taea te whakaora e tētahi. 44 Ka haere ia i muri i a ia, ka pā ki te tāniko o tōna kākahu; ā, mutu iho te rere o ōna toto.

45 Nā, ka mea a Īhu, "Ko wai tēnei kua pā nei ki ahau?"

Ā, nō ka whakakāhore katoa, ka mea a Pita rātou ko ōna hoa, "E kara, e pipiri ana ngā mano ki a koe, e tutetute ana."

46 Otirā, i mea a Īhu, "Ehara, kua pā tētahi ki ahau; e mōhio ana ahau, kua puta atu he mana i ahau."

47 Ā, nō te kitenga o te wahine kīhai ia i ngaro, haere wiri ana, takoto ana i tōna aroaro, kōrerotia ana e ia ki a ia i te aroaro o te iwi katoa te take i pā ai ia ki a ia, me te hohoro o tōna oranga. 48 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "E kō, nā tōu whakapono koe i ora ai; haere mārie."

49 I a ia anō e kōrero ana, ka haere mai tētahi i te whare o te rangatira o te whare karakia, ka mea ki a ia, "Kua mate tāu tamāhine; kaua e whakararuraru i te Kaiwhakaako."

50 Otiia, i te rongonga o Īhu, ka whakahoki ki a ia, ka mea, "Kaua e mataku; ko te whakapono ia kia whakapono, ā, ka ora ia."

51 Ā, i tōna tomokanga ki te whare, kīhai tētahi i tukua e ia kia tapoko, ko Pita anake, ko Hēmi, ko Hoani, me te pāpā rāua ko te whaea o te kōtiro. 52 E tangi ana rātou katoa, e auē ana mōna. Nā, ka mea ia, "Kaua e tangi; kāhore ia i mate, engari e moe ana."