Luke:8
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And it came to pass afterward ,
that he went throughout every city and village ,
preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God :
and the twelve were with him ,
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And certain women ,
which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities ,
Mary called Magdalene ,
out of whom went seven devils ,
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And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod '
s steward ,
and Susanna ,
and many others ,
which ministered unto him of their substance .
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And when much people were gathered together ,
and were come to him out of every city ,
he spake by a parable :
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A sower went out to sow his seed :
and as he sowed ,
some fell by the way side ;
and it was trodden down ,
and the fowls of the air devoured it .
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And some fell upon a rock ;
and as soon as it was sprung up ,
it withered away ,
because it lacked moisture .
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And some fell among thorns ;
and the thorns sprang up with it ,
and choked it .
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And other fell on good ground ,
and sprang up ,
and bare fruit an hundredfold .
And when he had said these things ,
he cried ,
He that hath ears to hear ,
let him hear .
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And his disciples asked him ,
saying ,
What might this parable be ?
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And he said ,
Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God :
but to others in parables ;
that seeing they might not see ,
and hearing they might not understand .
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Now the parable is this :
The seed is the word of God .
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Those by the way side are they that hear ;
then cometh the devil ,
and taketh away the word out of their hearts ,
lest they should believe and be saved .
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They on the rock are they ,
which ,
when they hear ,
receive the word with joy ;
and these have no root ,
which for a while believe ,
and in time of temptation fall away .
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And that which fell among thorns are they ,
which ,
when they have heard ,
go forth ,
and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life ,
and bring no fruit to perfection .
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But that on the good ground are they ,
which in an honest and good heart ,
having heard the word ,
keep it ,
and bring forth fruit with patience .
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No man ,
when he hath lighted a candle ,
covereth it with a vessel ,
or putteth it under a bed ;
but setteth it on a candlestick ,
that they which enter in may see the light .
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For nothing is secret ,
that shall not be made manifest ;
neither any thing hid ,
that shall not be known and come abroad .
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Take heed therefore how ye hear :
for whosoever hath ,
to him shall be given ;
and whosoever hath not ,
from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have .
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Then came to him his mother and his brethren ,
and could not come at him for the press .
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And it was told him by certain which said ,
Thy mother and thy brethren stand without ,
desiring to see thee .
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And he answered and said unto them ,
My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God ,
and do it .
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Now it came to pass on a certain day ,
that he went into a ship with his disciples :
and he said unto them ,
Let us go over unto the other side of the lake .
And they launched forth .
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But as they sailed he fell asleep :
and there came down a storm of wind on the lake ;
and they were filled with water ,
and were in jeopardy .
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And they came to him ,
and awoke him ,
saying ,
Master ,
master ,
we perish .
Then he arose ,
and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water :
and they ceased ,
and there was a calm .
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And he said unto them ,
Where is your faith ?
And they being afraid wondered ,
saying one to another ,
What manner of man is this !
for he commandeth even the winds and water ,
and they obey him .
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And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes ,
which is over against Galilee .
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And when he went forth to land ,
there met him out of the city a certain man ,
which had devils long time ,
and ware no clothes ,
neither abode in any house ,
but in the tombs .
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When he saw Jesus ,
he cried out ,
and fell down before him ,
and with a loud voice said ,
What have I to do with thee ,
Jesus ,
thou Son of God most high ?
I beseech thee ,
torment me not .
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For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man .
For oftentimes it had caught him :
and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters ;
and he brake the bands ,
and was driven of the devil into the wilderness .)
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And Jesus asked him ,
saying ,
What is thy name ?
And he said ,
Legion :
because many devils were entered into him .
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And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep .
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And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain :
and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them .
And he suffered them .
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Then went the devils out of the man ,
and entered into the swine :
and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake ,
and were choked .
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When they that fed them saw what was done ,
they fled ,
and went and told it in the city and in the country .
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Then they went out to see what was done ;
and came to Jesus ,
and found the man ,
out of whom the devils were departed ,
sitting at the feet of Jesus ,
clothed ,
and in his right mind :
and they were afraid .
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They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed .
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Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them ;
for they were taken with great fear :
and he went up into the ship ,
and returned back again .
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Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him :
but Jesus sent him away ,
saying ,
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Return to thine own house ,
and shew how great things God hath done unto thee .
And he went his way ,
and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
when Jesus was returned ,
the people gladly received him :
for they were all waiting for him .
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And ,
behold ,
there came a man named Jairus ,
and he was a ruler of the synagogue :
and he fell down at Jesus '
feet ,
and besought him that he would come into his house :
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For he had one only daughter ,
about twelve years of age ,
and she lay a dying .
But as he went the people thronged him .
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And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years ,
which had spent all her living upon physicians ,
neither could be healed of any ,
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Came behind him ,
and touched the border of his garment :
and immediately her issue of blood stanched .
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And Jesus said ,
Who touched me ?
When all denied ,
Peter and they that were with him said ,
Master ,
the multitude throng thee and press thee ,
and sayest thou ,
Who touched me ?
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And Jesus said ,
Somebody hath touched me :
for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me .
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And when the woman saw that she was not hid ,
she came trembling ,
and falling down before him ,
she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him ,
and how she was healed immediately .
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And he said unto her ,
Daughter ,
be of good comfort :
thy faith hath made thee whole ;
go in peace .
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While he yet spake ,
there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue '
s house ,
saying to him ,
Thy daughter is dead ;
trouble not the Master .
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But when Jesus heard it ,
he answered him ,
saying ,
Fear not :
believe only ,
and she shall be made whole .
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And when he came into the house ,
he suffered no man to go in ,
save Peter ,
and James ,
and John ,
and the father and the mother of the maiden .
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And all wept ,
and bewailed her :
but he said ,
Weep not ;
she is not dead ,
but sleepeth .
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And they laughed him to scorn ,
knowing that she was dead .
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And he put them all out ,
and took her by the hand ,
and called ,
saying ,
Maid ,
arise .
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And her spirit came again ,
and she arose straightway :
and he commanded to give her meat .
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And her parents were astonished :
but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done .