(Tap footnote to read it. Old Testament quotations are underlined. "Love" with a caret ("^love") is agapé.1"agapé" The Greek words ἀγάπη (agapé, noun), and ἀγαπάω (agapaó; verb) are typically translated "love". However, unlike our English word "love" – which primarily speaks of affection and feelings – agapé centers on choice and behavior. It’s the "love" based on will, choice, behavior, and action; not feelings. (Feelings-based love is the Greek word φιλέω (phileó), which properly means "brotherly love/affection".) Thus, you could hate someone passionately and still treat him with "agapé". Agapé "love" is best understood as the pursuit of what is most beneficial to someone or something, regardless of the cost to yourself or the type of response received from the person or thing. It can also indicate a preference for someone or something over other things. )
The women providing supplies
- And it happened in the time just after, that He also was traveling city-by-city and village-by-village, proclaiming and announcing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him;
- also some women who were *cured from evil spirits and infirmities, including Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
- and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward; and Susanna; and many other women who were providing supplies1“were providing supplies” is one word in Greek, which normally has the connotation of: “to be a servant, attendant, domestic; to serve, wait upon;” (Thayer’s). When followed by the dative as it is here, it means: “to minister, i. e. supply food and the necessaries of life” (Thayer’s) to them from the things they owned.
The parable of the sower
- And with a numerous crowd gathering together and the men from the city traveling to Him, He spoke through a parable.
- “The man sowing seed went out to sow his seed. And in his sowing, some seed indeed fell beside the road, and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
- And other seed fell on the rocky ground, and having sprouted, it was withered because of it not having moisture.
- And other seed fell in the midst of thorns, and having grown up with them, the thorns choked it.
- And other seed fell into the good ground, and having sprouted, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” After saying these things, He was calling out: “The man having ears to hear, let him hear.”
- And His disciples were asking Him: “What is the meaning of this parable?”
- And He said: “It was *given for you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God. But to the rest I speak in parables so that while seeing they don’t see, and while hearing they don’t understand.2Quotation/allusion to Isaiah 6:9 and Ezekiel 12:2
- “Now, this is the parable‘s meaning: The seed is the word of God.
- “And the seeds beside the road are the men who heard, then the Accuser comes and removes the word from their heart so that not having believed, they wouldn’t be saved.
- “And the seeds sown on the rock are men who welcome the word with joy when they hear it. And these men don’t have a root, men who believe for a season and fall away in a season of temptation or testing.3“temptation or testing” is one word in Greek that can mean either depending on the context, thus both were included because both are possible meanings in this context.
- “And what fell into the thorns, these are the men who heard, and while traveling through life are choked by anxieties, and wealth, and hedonistic pleasures of life, and they don’t come to maturity.
- “And what fell in the good ground, these are whoever heard the word in a noble and good heart, and they keep it, and they are bearing fruit in perseverance.
- “And no one who lit a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on a lampstand so the men entering might see the light.
- “For nothing is hidden which won’t become revealed, nor secret which won’t definitely be known and come into the light.
- “Therefore, watch out how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him. And whoever doesn’t have, even what he seems to have will be taken away from him.”
Jesus’s mother and brothers
- Now, His mother and His brothers came to Him and they weren’t able to get to Him because of the crowd.
- And it was reported to Him: “Your mother and your brothers have been standing outside wanting to see you.”
- But answering, He told them: “My mother and My brothers are those men hearing the word of God and doing it.”
Jesus calms a storm
- And it happened on one of the days that He and His disciples also embarked into a boat, and He told them: “We should travel to the other side of the lake.” And they put out to sea.
- And during their sailing, He fell asleep. And a tempestuous windstorm came down to the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in peril.
- And having approached Him, they woke Him, saying: “Master! Master! We are perishing!” And having woken up, He rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm.
- And He told them: “Where is your faith?” And fearing, they marveled, saying to one another: “Who then is this, that He even gives orders to the winds and the water and they obey Him?”
Casting out Legion
- And they sailed down to the region of the Gerasenes, which is on the opposite shore from Galilee.
- And Him having gone out of the boat onto the land, a man from the city having many demons met Him. And this man didn’t wear clothing for a considerable time, and he wasn’t living in a house, but in the tombs.
- And having seen Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and in a loud voice said: “What’s between me and you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I’m begging you, don’t torment me!”
- For He commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was being bound with manacles and kept in shackles. And breaking the chains, he was being driven into the desolate places by the demon.
- And Jesus asked him: “What is your name?” And he said: “Legion”, because many demons had entered into him.
- And they were pleading Him so He wouldn’t command them to depart into the abyss.
- Now, a considerable herd of pigs was there feeding at the mountain, and they pleaded Him so He might permit them to enter into them, and He permitted them.
- And having departed from the man, the demons entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and the herd was drowned.
- And having seen what *happened, the men feeding the pigs fled and reported it to the city and to the nearby lands.
- And they went out to see what *happened, and they went to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had departed sitting *clothed and in his right mind beside the feet of Jesus, and they were frightened.
- And the men who saw it reported to them how the demon-possessed man was saved.
- And the whole multitude neighboring the Gerasenes asked Him to depart from them because they were being seized with great fear. And having embarked into a boat, He returned.
- But the man from whom the demons had departed was begging Him to be brought with Him, but He sent him away, saying:
- “Return to your house and describe how much God did for you.” And he departed and went through the whole city proclaiming how much Jesus did for him.
- And at the time Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all anticipating Him.
Raising Jairus’s daughter and healing the woman with a bloody flow
- And behold, a man whose name was Jairus came, and this man was a ruler of the synagogue. And having fallen beside the feet of Jesus, he was pleading Him to enter into his house
- because his only daughter was about twelve years old, and she was dying. And at the time He went to depart, the crowds were pressing in on Him.
- And there was a woman living with a bloody flow4 “bloody flow” is literal, almost certainly a reference to constant menstrual bleeding. This made her ceremonially unclean; see Leviticus 15:19-24. Additionally, what to do about menstrual bleeding that went on for an extended time was covered in Leviticus 15:25-30. for twelve years who spent her whole livelihood on physicians, but wasn’t able to be cured by anyone.
- Having approached from behind, she touched the tassel of His robe and her flow of blood instantly stopped.
- And Jesus said: “Which man touched Me?” But all were denying it. Peter said: “Master, the people are surrounding you and are pressing in, [and you say: “Which man touched Me?”.”]
- But Jesus said: “Someone touched Me, for I perceived that power *went out from Me.”
- And having seen that she didn’t escape notice, the woman came forward trembling. And having fallen down before Him, she explained in the sight of all the people the reason for which she touched Him, and how she was instantly healed.
- And He told her: “Daughter, your faith has healed you; depart in peace.”
- While He is still speaking, a man comes from the synagogue leader, saying that: “Your daughter has died; annoy the Teacher no longer.”
- But having heard, Jesus answered him: “Don’t fear, only believe and she will be saved.”
- And having gone into the house, He didn’t allow anyone to enter with Him except Peter, and John, and James, and the father of the child, and the mother.
- And all were weeping and were mourning for her, but He said: “Don’t weep, for she didn’t die, but is sleeping.”
- And they were ridiculing Him, *knowing that she died.
- And having gripped her hand, He called out, saying: “Child, arise.”
- And her spirit returned and she instantly stood up. And He instructed that something be given to her to eat.
- And her parents marveled, and He commanded them to tell no one what *happened.
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