Luke 8:19-39.
Luke 8:19-39 (Good News Translation)
19Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him
because of the crowd.
20Someone said to Jesus,
“Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to
see you.”
21Jesus said to them all,
“My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God
and obey it.”
22One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to
them,
“Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So
they started out.
23As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong
wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that
they were all in great danger.
24The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying,
“Master, Master! We are about to die!”
Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and to the stormy
water; they quieted down, and there was a great calm.
25Then he said to the disciples,
“Where is your faith?”
But they were amazed and afraid, and said to one another,
“Who is this man? He gives orders to the winds and waves,
and they obey him!”
26Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of
Gerasa,
which is across the lake from Galilee.
27As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town
who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes
and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves.
28When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at
his feet, and shouted,
“Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with
me? I beg you, don't punish me!”
29He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go
out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a
prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains
and be driven by the demon out into the desert.
30Jesus asked him,
“What is your name?”
“My name is
“Mob,”
” he answered—because many demons had gone into him.
31The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.
32There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a
hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he
let them.
33They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd
rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
34The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what
happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the
farms.
35People went out to see what had happened, and when they came
to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at
the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all
afraid.
36Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been
cured.
37Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go
away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and
left.
38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus,
“Let me go with you.”
But Jesus sent him away, saying,
39“Go back home and tell what God has done for
you.”
The man went through the town, telling what Jesus had done for
him.
19Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him
because of the crowd.
20Someone said to Jesus,
“Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to
see you.”
21Jesus said to them all,
“My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God
and obey it.”
22One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to
them,
“Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So
they started out.
23As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong
wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that
they were all in great danger.
24The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying,
“Master, Master! We are about to die!”
Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and to the stormy
water; they quieted down, and there was a great calm.
25Then he said to the disciples,
“Where is your faith?”
But they were amazed and afraid, and said to one another,
“Who is this man? He gives orders to the winds and waves,
and they obey him!”
26Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of
Gerasa,
which is across the lake from Galilee.
27As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town
who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes
and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves.
28When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at
his feet, and shouted,
“Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with
me? I beg you, don't punish me!”
29He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go
out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a
prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains
and be driven by the demon out into the desert.
30Jesus asked him,
“What is your name?”
“My name is
“Mob,”
” he answered—because many demons had gone into him.
31The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.
32There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a
hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he
let them.
33They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd
rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
34The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what
happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the
farms.
35People went out to see what had happened, and when they came
to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at
the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all
afraid.
36Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been
cured.
37Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go
away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and
left.
38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus,
“Let me go with you.”
But Jesus sent him away, saying,
39“Go back home and tell what God has done for
you.”
The man went through the town, telling what Jesus had done for
him.
God bless you.
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