Luke 8
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AND it was after these things that Jeshu itinerated among the cities and villages,
and preached and announced the kingdom of Aloha, and his twelve with him,
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and those women who had been healed from infirmities and from evil spirits, Mariam
who was called Magdalitha, she from whom he had cast out seven devils,
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and Juchana the wife of Kusa, chief of the household of Herodes, and Shushan, and
many others, who ministered unto him from their possessions.
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And when a great multitude had assembled, and from all the cities had come to him,
he discoursed in parables.
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A sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the road-side; and
it was trodden down, and the fowl devoured it.
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And other fell upon the rock; and it immediately sprang up, and, because it had no
moisture, it withered.
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And other fell among thorns, and they sprang up with it, and choked it.
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And other fell into ground good and fair, and sprang up, and made fruit an hundredfold.
And when he had said these (words), he cried, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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And his disciples asked him, What is (the signification of) this parable?
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But he said to them, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Aloha;
but to those who are the rest in similitudes is it spoken; that while seeing they
may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.
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But this is the parable: The seed is the word of Aloha.
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Now they by the road-side are they who hear the word; and the adversary cometh, and
taketh up the word from their hearts, that they should not believe and be saved.
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But those who fell upon the rock are those who, when they hear, with joy receive the
word; yet root they have not, but for a time is their faith, and in the time of temptation
they are offended.
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But that which fell among thorns are they who hear the word, and by the cares, and
by the riches, and by the lusts of the world, they are choked, and fruit they give
not.
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But that which (was) in good ground are they who, with hearts humble and good, hear
the word and retain, and give fruits with perseverance.
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NO man lighteth a lamp, and covereth it with a measure, or setteth it under a bed;
but setteth it upon a candlestick, that every one who cometh in may see the light
of it.
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For there is nothing hidden which shall not be revealed, and nothing secret that shall
not be known and come into openness.
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Take heed how you hear: for unto him who hath, it shall be given; and from him who
hath not, that also which he thinketh that he hath shall be taken from him.
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Now came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not speak with him on account
of the assembly.
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And they said to him, Thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, desiring to
see thee.
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But he answered and said to them, These are my mother and my brethren, they who hear
the word of Aloha, and do it.
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NOW it was on one of the days that Jeshu ascended and sat in a vessel and his disciples:
and he said to them, Let us pass to the other side of the water.
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But as they went, Jeshu himself slept. And there became a storm of wind on the water,
and nigh was the vessel to be swallowed up.
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And they approached (and) awoke him, saying to him, Our master, our master, we perish!
But he arose and rebuked the winds and the waves of the sea; and they quieted, and
there was a calm.
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And he said to them, Where is your faith? But they, afraid, wondered, saying one with
another, Who is this that also commandeth the winds, and to whom the waves and the
sea are obedient?
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And they went forward and came to the country of the Godroyee, which is over against
Galila.
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And when he had gone forth to the land, there met him a certain man from the city,
who had a devil in him a great time, and (who) wore no clothes, and in a house dwelt
not, but in the place of the buried.
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But when he saw Jeshu, he cried out, and fell before him, and said in a high voice,
What to us and to thee, Jeshu, son of Aloha Marima? I beseech of thee, torment me
not.
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For Jeshu commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man. For long was the
time that he had been enthralled of him; and (when) bound with chains, and kept with
fetters, he had burst asunder his bonds, and had been driven by the demon into the
waste.
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And Jeshu demanded of him, What is thy name? He saith to him, Legion: because that
many devils had entered into him.
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And they besought from him that he would not cast them out to go into the abyss.
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Now there was there a great herd of many swine which fed on the hill: and they besought
from him that he would permit them to enter into the swine. And he permitted them.
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And the demons went forth from the man, and entered into the swine; and the whole
herd went directly to the precipice, and plunged into the waters, and were suffocated.
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And when the herdmen saw the thing that was done, they fled, and made known in the
city and in the villages.
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And the men went forth to see the thing which was done. And they came to Jeshu, and
found the man from whom the demons had gone out, clothed, sober, and sitting at the
feet of Jeshu. And they feared.
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And they who had seen it showed to them how the man of the demon had been healed.
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And the whole multitude of the Godroyee besought of Jeshu that he would go from them,
because great fear had taken them. And he, Jeshu, ascended the ship, and returned
from them.
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But he, the man from whom had gone forth the demons, besought of him that he might
be with him. But Jeshu dismissed him, and said to him,
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Return to thine house, and show what Aloha hath done for thee. And he went and proclaimed
in every city what Jeshu had done for him.
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WHEN Jeshu returned, a great multitude received him: for they were all expecting him.
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And a certain man whose name was Jorush, head of the synagogue, fell before the feet
of Jeshu, and besought him to enter into his house;
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for he had an only daughter, as a daughter of twelve years, and she was nigh unto
death. And as Jeshu went with him, the great multitude pressed him.
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And a certain woman whose blood had gushed forth twelve years, she who among the physicians
had spent all her substance, but could not be healed by any one,
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approached him from behind, and touched the border of his garment, and immediately
stood the flowing of her blood.
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And Jeshu said, Who touched me? And when all denied, Shemun Kipha and those with him
said, Raban, the crowd straiteneth and presseth thee, and sayest thou, Who touched
me?
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But he said, Some one hath touched me, for I know that power hath gone forth from
me.
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And she, the woman, when she saw that she was not hid, came trembling and fell (and)
worshipped him. And she told before all the people for what cause she had touched
him, and how at once she had been healed.
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But he, Jeshu, said to her, Be comforted, my daughter: thy faith hath saved thee,
go in peace.
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And while he was speaking, there came a man from the chief of the synagogue and said
to him, Thy daughter is dead, weary not the Malphona.
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But Jeshu heard, and said to the father of the damsel, Fear not, only believe, and
she lives!
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But Jeshu came to the house, and he suffered no man to enter with him, save Shemun,
and Jakub, and Juchanon, and the father of the damsel, and her mother.
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And they were all weeping and wailing for her; but Jeshu said, Weep not, for she is
not dead, but asleep.
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And they laughed at him, for they knew that she was dead.
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But he put every man forth without. And he took her by the hand, and called and said,
Damsel, arise.
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And her spirit returned, and she arose. And he directed that they should give her
to eat.
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And her parents were astonished; but he cautioned them that no man they should tell
what he had done.