Luke 7-8

Luke 7

¹And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

²and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

³and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

⁴And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying -- ‘He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

⁵for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

⁶And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, ‘Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

⁷wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

⁸for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it.'

⁹And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, ‘I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;'

¹⁰and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

¹¹And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

¹²and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

¹³And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, ‘Be not weeping;'

¹⁴and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing it stood still, and he said, ‘Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'

¹⁵and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

¹⁶and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying -- ‘A great prophet hath risen among us,' and -- ‘God did look upon His people.'

¹⁷And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

¹⁸And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

¹⁹and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, ‘Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

²⁰And having come near to him, the men said, ‘John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

²¹And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

²²And Jesus answering said to them, ‘Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

²³and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

²⁴And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: ‘What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

²⁵but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

²⁶‘But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

²⁷this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

²⁸for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

²⁹And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

³⁰but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

³¹And the Lord said, ‘To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

³²they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

³³‘For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

³⁴the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

³⁵and the wisdom was justified from all her children.'

³⁶And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

³⁷and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

³⁸and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

³⁹And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, ‘This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind is the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.'

⁴⁰And Jesus answering said unto him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, ‘Teacher, say on.'

⁴¹‘Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;

⁴²and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

⁴³And Simon answering said, ‘I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, ‘Rightly thou didst judge.'

⁴⁴And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, ‘Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

⁴⁵a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what time I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

⁴⁶with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

⁴⁷therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

⁴⁸And he said to her, ‘Thy sins have been forgiven;'

⁴⁹and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, ‘Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?'

⁵⁰and he said unto the woman, ‘Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'

Luke 8

¹And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve are with him,

²and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

³and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

⁴And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

⁵‘The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

⁶‘And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

⁷‘And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

⁸‘And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, ‘He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

⁹And his disciples were questioning him, saying, ‘What may this simile be?'

¹⁰And he said, ‘To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of God, and to the rest in similes; that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

¹¹‘And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

¹²and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.

¹³‘And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

¹⁴‘And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

¹⁵‘And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

¹⁶‘And no one having lighted a lamp doth cover it with a vessel, or under a couch doth put it; but upon a lamp-stand he doth put it, that those coming in may see the light,

¹⁷for nothing is secret, that shall not become manifest, nor hid, that shall not be known, and become manifest.

¹⁸‘See, therefore, how ye hear, for whoever may have, there shall be given to him, and whoever may not have, also what he seemeth to have, shall be taken from him.'

¹⁹And there came unto him his mother and brethren, and they were not able to get to him because of the multitude,

²⁰and it was told him, saying, ‘Thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, wishing to see thee;'

²¹and he answering said unto them, ‘My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

²²And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he himself went into a boat with his disciples, and he said unto them, ‘We may go over to the other side of the lake;' and they set forth,

²³and as they are sailing he fell deeply asleep, and there came down a storm of wind to the lake, and they were filling, and were in peril.

²⁴And having come near, they awoke him, saying, ‘Master, master, we perish;' and he, having arisen, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there came a calm,

²⁵and he said to them, ‘Where is your faith?' and they being afraid did wonder, saying unto one another, ‘Who, then, is this, that even the winds he doth command, and the water, and they obey him?'

²⁶And they sailed down to the region of the Gadarenes, that is over-against Galilee,

²⁷and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

²⁸and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, ‘What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

²⁹For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters -- guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

³⁰And Jesus questioned him, saying, ‘What is thy name?' and he said, ‘Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)

³¹and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

³²and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

³³and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.

³⁴And those feeding them, having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told it to the city, and to the fields;

³⁵and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

³⁶and those also having seen it, told them how the demoniac was saved.

³⁷And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

³⁸And the man from whom the demons had gone forth was beseeching of him to be with him, and Jesus sent him away, saying,

³⁹‘Turn back to thy house, and tell how great things God did to thee;' and he went away through all the city proclaiming how great things Jesus did to him.

⁴⁰And it came to pass, in the turning back of Jesus, the multitude received him, for they were all looking for him,

⁴¹and lo, there came a man, whose name is Jairus, and he was a chief of the synagogue, and having fallen at the feet of Jesus, was calling on him to come to his house;

⁴²because he had an only daughter about twelve years old, and she was dying. And in his going away, the multitudes were thronging him,

⁴³and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

⁴⁴having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.

⁴⁵And Jesus said, ‘Who is it that touched me?' and all denying, Peter and those with him said, ‘Master, the multitudes press thee, and throng thee, and thou dost say, Who is it that touched me!'

⁴⁶And Jesus said, ‘Some one did touch me, for I knew power having gone forth from me.'

⁴⁷And the woman, having seen that she was not hid, trembling, came, and having fallen before him, for what cause she touched him declared to him before all the people, and how she was healed presently;

⁴⁸and he said to her, ‘Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee, be going on to peace.'

⁴⁹While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's house, saying to him -- ‘Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'

⁵⁰and Jesus having heard, answered him, saying, ‘Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be saved.'

⁵¹And having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;

⁵²and they were all weeping, and beating themselves for her, and he said, ‘Weep not, she did not die, but doth sleep;

⁵³and they were deriding him, knowing that she did die;

⁵⁴and he having put all forth without, and having taken hold of her hand, called, saying, ‘Child, arise;'

⁵⁵and her spirit came back, and she arose presently, and he directed that there be given to her to eat;

⁵⁶and her parents were amazed, but he charged them to say to no one what was come to pass.