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1–3. Women serving Christ. – 4–8. Parable of the Sower. – 9–18. Interpretation of the parable. – 19–21. True relatives of Christ. – 22–39. The removal of Christ and his disciples to the eastern shore of the Sea of ​​Gennesaret. – 40–56. The healing of the bleeding woman and the resurrection of Jairus' daughter. Luke 8:1. After this He passed through cities and villages, preaching and preaching the good news of the Kingdom of God, and with Him the twelve, Luke 8:2. and some women whom He healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons came out, Luke 8:3. and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who served Him with their substance. One evangelist Luke makes a remark about the women who, during Christ's preaching travels with the 12 apostles, served Him with their property. "Mary Magdalene" (see Matthew 27:56). "From which came seven demons". This expression denotes the extreme power of demonic possession: “seven” in the language of Holy Scripture is a symbol of completeness (cf. Matthew 12:45). According to I. Weiss, this indicates that Mary was subject to the return of demon possession seven times during her life. As for the fairly widespread rationalistic view that Mary was simply an extremely morally debauched woman, which the evangelist supposedly indicated with his remark, then the term “healed” (τεθεραπευμέναι), which was used about Mary as well, speaks against such an understanding, which means a miraculous healing from a real, and not imaginary, disease of demon possession. “Housekeeper Herod”, i.e. in our opinion, the chamberlain at the court of Herod (probably Antipas). This position was prominent (cf. Matthew 20:8). These wives served Christ until His death on the cross (see Luke 24:10). "Susanna" is an unknown person. Luke 8:4. When a large crowd had gathered, and people from all the cities came to Him, He began to speak in a parable: Luke 8:5. The sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the road and was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it; Luke 8:6. and some fell on a stone and, coming up, dried up, because it had no moisture; Luke 8:7. and some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew and choked it; Luke 8:8. and some fell on good soil and sprang up and bore fruit a hundredfold. Having said this, he exclaimed: whoever has ears to hear, let him hear! Evangelist Luke presents the parable of the sower similarly to Matthew (Matthew 13:3–9) and Mark (Mark 4:1–9), but with some abbreviations. Luke 8:9. His disciples asked Him: what does this parable mean? Luke 8:10. He said: To you it has been given to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but to others in parables, so that seeing they do not see and hearing they do not understand. Luke 8:11. This is what this parable means: the seed is the word of God; Luke 8:12. and those who fell along the way are the listeners, to whom the devil then comes and takes the word from their hearts, so that they do not believe and are saved; Luke 8:13. and those who fell on the stone are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy, but who have no root, and believe for a time, but fall away during temptation; Luke 8:14. and those who fell among the thorns are those who listen to the word, but, leaving, are overwhelmed by the worries, wealth and pleasures of life and do not bear fruit; Luke 8:15. and those who fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word, keep it in a good and pure heart and bear fruit with patience. Having said this, He exclaimed: whoever has ears to hear, let him hear! Luke 8:16. No one, having lit a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under the bed, but puts it on a candlestick, so that those who enter can see the light. Luke 8:17. For there is nothing secret that will not be made manifest, nor hidden that will not be made known and not revealed. Luke 8:18. So, watch how you listen: for whoever has, to him will be given, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him. For an explanation of the parable, see the comments on Matthew 13:10–17; Mark 4:10–25. The Evangelist Luke here most of all follows Mark. The “disciples” are the twelve apostles (cf. verse 1). “So that” (verse 10) is more correct: “so that” (ἵνα), see Mark 4:12. “But as I departed” (verse 14). It would be more correct to translate: “walking” or “living” (in the Greek text here is the verb πορεύειν). The words: worries, wealth, and worldly pleasures represent a definition for the word “walking” or a designation of the motives for “walking.” People, therefore, listen to the word, but in their activities they are guided by other factors - worries, etc. and through this they are suppressed, like seeds growing between thorns, and do not reach maturity. “In a good and pure heart” (verse 15), i.e. in a morally beautiful and good (καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ) heart, and such a heart becomes thanks to the cleansing effect of the heard word (John 15:3). “In patience” (verse 15), i.e. always keeping your word. This is the opposite of the “falling away” stated in verse 13. “What he thinks he has will also be taken away” (verse 18). Evangelist Luke is more precise here than Matthew and Mark: he says that some people only imagine that they have achieved certain successes in moral improvement, but in fact they have acquired nothing. And so, soon this joy will also be taken away from such people - all their moral insignificance will be revealed before them... Luke 8:19. And His Mother and His brothers came to Him, but they could not come to Him because of the crowd. Luke 8:20. And they let Him know: Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You. Luke 8:21. He answered and said to them: My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it. The Evangelist Luke reports about the coming to Christ of the Most Holy Mary and His brothers in accordance with Mark (Mark 3:31–35; cf. Matt. 12:46–50). Luke 8:22. One day He entered a boat with His disciples and said to them: Let us cross to the other side of the lake. And off we went. Luke 8:23. While they were sailing, He fell asleep. A stormy wind arose on the lake, and they were flooded with waves, and they were in danger. Luke 8:24. And coming up, they woke Him up and said: Master! Mentor! we die. But He stood up and rebuked the wind and the disturbance of the water; and they stopped, and there was silence. Luke 8:25. Then He said to them: Where is your faith? They said to each other in fear and surprise: Who is this, who commands the winds and the waters, and obeys Him? Luke 8:26. And they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which lies opposite Galilee. Luke 8:27. When He came ashore, He was met by a man from the city, possessed by demons for a long time, and not wearing clothes, and living not in a house, but in tombs. Luke 8:28. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him and said in a loud voice: What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me. Luke 8:29. For Jesus commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man, because it had tormented him for a long time, so that they bound him with chains and bonds, keeping him safe; but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert. Luke 8:30. Jesus asked him: What is your name? He said: legion, because many demons entered into it. Luke 8:31. And they asked Jesus not to command them to go into the abyss. Luke 8:32. There was also a large herd of pigs grazing on the mountain; and the demons asked Him to allow them to enter into them. He let them. Luke 8:33. The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down a steep slope into the lake and drowned. Luke 8:34. The shepherds, seeing what had happened, ran and told it in the city and in the villages. Luke 8:35. And they came 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 were horrified. Luke 8:36. Those who saw them told them how the demoniac was healed. Luke 8:37. And all the people of the Gadarene region asked Him to leave them, because they were seized with great fear. He entered the boat and returned. Luke 8:38. The man from whom the demons had come out asked Him to be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying: Luke 8:39. return to your house and tell what God has done for you. He went and preached throughout the whole city what Jesus had done for him. Evangelist Luke reports about the crossing of Christ with his disciples to the eastern shore of the Sea of ​​Gennesaret and the healing of a demoniac in accordance with Mark (Mark 4:35–5:20; cf. Matt. 8:23–34). At the same time, however, he makes some changes in particulars - he softens, for example, in verse 25 the Lord’s appeal to the apostles: “Where is your faith?” (According to Mark - “why are you so fearful? How come you have no faith?” Mark 4:40), and in verse 28 he replaces the expression: “I adjure You by God” (Mark 5:7) with the expression: “I beseech You.” He further adds that the demoniac had been possessed by demons for a long time and did not put on clothes (verse 27), that the demons asked the Lord not to drive them “into the abyss,” i.e. to the underworld (verse 31; cf. Rom. 10:7; Rev. 9:1 et seq.). The demoniac, after his healing, preaches about what happened to him only in his city (verse 39; according to Mark - “in the Decapolis”; Mark 5:20). Luke 8:40. When Jesus returned, the people received Him, because everyone was waiting for Him. Luke 8:41. And behold, there came a man named Jairus, who was the ruler of the synagogue; and, falling at the feet of Jesus, asked Him to come into his house, Luke 8:42. because he had one daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As He walked, the people crowded around Him. Luke 8:43. And a woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years, who, having spent her entire estate on doctors, could not be cured by anyone, Luke 8:44. coming up behind him, she touched the hem of His robe; and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. Luke 8:45. And Jesus said, Who touched Me? When everyone denied, Peter said and those who were with Him: Mentor! the people surround you and crowd you in, and you say: who touched me? Luke 8:46. But Jesus said: Someone touched Me, because I felt power coming out of Me. Luke 8:47. The woman, seeing that she had not hidden herself, came up with trepidation and, falling down before Him, declared to Him in front of all the people why she touched Him and how she was immediately healed. Luke 8:48. He told her: dare, daughter! your faith has saved you; go in peace. Luke 8:49. While He was still saying this, someone came from the house of the ruler of the synagogue and said to him: Your daughter is dead; don't bother the Teacher. Luke 8:50. But Jesus, hearing this, said to him: Do not be afraid, just believe, and you will be saved. Luke 8:51. Having come to the house, he did not allow anyone to enter except Peter, John and James, and the girl’s father and mother. Luke 8:52. Everyone cried and sobbed for her. But He said: do not cry; she is not dead, but she is sleeping. Luke 8:53. And they laughed at Him, knowing that she had died. Luke 8:54. He, sending everyone out and taking her by the hand, exclaimed: maiden! stand up. Luke 8:55. And her spirit returned; She immediately stood up, and He ordered that she be given something to eat. Luke 8:56. And her parents were surprised. He ordered them not to tell anyone about what had happened. Evangelist Luke speaks completely in agreement with Mark about the resurrection of Jairus’s daughter and the healing of the bleeding woman (Mark 5:21–43; cf. Matt. 9:18–26). Evangelist Luke, however, adds that Jairus had only “one” daughter (verse 42), that Christ’s question was answered, of course, on behalf of the disciples, by Peter, and that this answer was not somewhat disrespectful, as the answer of the disciples in Mark seems to be (Mark 5:31), since “everyone denied it” (verse 45). According to the Evangelist Mark, the woman trembled because she felt the change that had happened to her (Mark 5:33), and according to Luke, because she realized that her act had become known to the Wonderworker. “Peter, John and James” (verse 51). Of the two sons of Zebedee, Evangelist Luke puts John in first place, as the more famous person, and Mark puts James (Mark 5:37). “They wept for her” (verse 52) - more precisely: “they struck their breasts as a sign of sorrow for her” (ἐκόπτοντο αὐτήν). “And her spirit returned” (verse 55) - this is the addition of the Evangelist Luke, from which one can see that Christ revived the truly deceased, from which the soul had already departed. You might be interested in: