Luke 8 Free Bible Version
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1 Soon after this Jesus went around the towns and villages announcing the good news of God's kingdom. The twelve disciples went with him,
1 Y ACONTECIÓ después, que él caminaba por todas las ciudades y aldeas, predicando y anunciando el evangelio del reino de Dios, y los doce con él,
2 along with a number of women who had been healed from evil spirits and sickness: Mary called Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven demons;
2 Y algunas mujeres que habían sido curadas de malos espíritus y de enfermedades: María, que se llamaba Magdalena, de la cual habían salido siete demonios,
3 Joanna, the wife of Herod's manager Chuza; Susanna; and many more who provided support from their personal resources.
3 Y Juana, mujer de Chuza, procurador de Herodes, y Susana, y otras muchas que le servían de sus haciendas.
4 Once when a large crowd of people gathered, coming from many towns to see him, Jesus spoke to them, using a story as an illustration.
4 Y como se juntó una grande compañía, y los que estaban en cada ciudad vinieron á él, dijo por una parábola:
5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he scattered the seed, some fell on the road where people trampled on it and birds ate it up.
5 Uno que sembraba, salió á sembrar su simiente; y sembrando, una parte cayó junto al camino, y fué hollada; y las aves del cielo la comieron.
6 Some fell on stony ground, and once the seeds had sprouted they withered for lack of moisture.
6 Y otra parte cayó sobre la piedra; y nacida, se secó, porque no tenía humedad.
7 Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.
7 Y otra parte cayó entre las espinas; y naciendo las espinas juntamente, la ahogaron.
8 Some seeds fell on good earth and after they grew they produced a harvest one hundred times more than what had been sown.” After he told them this, he called out, “If you have ears, then listen!”
8 Y otra parte cayó en buena tierra, y cuando fué nacida, llevó fruto á ciento por uno. Diciendo estas cosas clamaba: El que tiene oídos para oir, oiga.
9 But his disciples asked him, “What does this illustration mean?”
9 Y sus discípulos le preguntaron, diciendo, qué era esta parábola.
10 Jesus replied, “You've been given insights into the mysteries of God's kingdom, but the rest are given illustrations so that, ‘Even though they see, they don't really see; and even though they hear, they don't really understand.’
10 Y él dijo: A vosotros es dado conocer los misterios del reino de Dios; mas á los otros por parábolas, para que viendo no vean, y oyendo no entiendan.
11 This is the meaning of the illustration: The seed is God's word.
11 Es pues ésta la parábola: La simiente es la palabra de Dios.
12 The seeds that fall on the road are those who hear the message, but then the devil comes and steals away the truth from their minds so they won't trust in God and be saved.
12 Y los de junto al camino, éstos son los que oyen; y luego viene el diablo, y quita la palabra de su corazón, porque no crean y se salven.
13 The seeds that fall on the stony ground are those who hear and welcome the message with joy but don't have any roots. They trust for a while but when difficult times come they give up.
13 Y los de sobre la piedra, [son] los que habiendo oído, reciben la palabra con gozo; mas éstos no tienen raíces; que á tiempo creen, y en el tiempo de la tentación se apartan.
14 The seeds that fall among thorns are those who hear the message but it's choked out by life's distractions—worries, wealth, pleasure—so they don't produce anything.
14 Y la que cayó entre las espinas, éstos son los que oyeron; mas yéndose, son ahogados de los cuidados y de las riquezas y de los pasatiempos de la vida, y no llevan fruto.
15 The seeds sown on good earth are those who are honest and do what is right. They hear the message of truth, hold on to it, and through their perseverance produce a good harvest.
15 Mas la que en buena tierra, éstos son los que con corazón bueno y recto retienen la palabra oída, y llevan fruto en paciencia.
16 You don't light a lamp and then cover it with a bucket, or hide it under a bed. No, you put it on a stand, so that anyone who comes in can see the light.
16 Ninguno que enciende la antorcha la cubre con vasija, ó la pone debajo de la cama; mas la pone en un candelero, para que los que entran vean la luz.
17 For there's nothing hidden that won't be revealed; there's nothing secret that won't become known and obvious.
17 Porque no hay cosa oculta, que no haya de ser manifestada; ni cosa escondida, que no haya de ser entendida, y de venir á luz.
18 So pay attention how you ‘hear.’ To those who have received, more will be given; from those who don't receive, even what they think they have will be taken away!”
18 Mirad pues cómo oís; porque á cualquiera que tuviere, le será dado; y á cualquiera que no tuviere, aun lo que parece tener le será quitado.
19 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived, but they couldn't get through the crowd to see him.
19 Y vinieron á él su madre y hermanos; y no podían llegar á él por causa de la multitud.
20 Jesus was told, “Your mother and your brothers are outside. They want to see you.”
20 Y le fué dado aviso, diciendo: Tu madre y tus hermanos están fuera, que quieren verte.
21 “My mother and my brothers are those who hear God's word, and do what it says,” Jesus replied.
21 El entonces respondiendo, les dijo: Mi madre y mis hermanos son los que oyen la palabra de Dios, y la ejecutan.
22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let's cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set off.
22 Y aconteció un día [que] él entró en un barco con sus discípulos, y les dijo: Pasemos á la otra parte del lago. Y partieron.
23 As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep, and a storm came down on the lake. The boat began filling with water and they were in danger of sinking.
23 Pero mientras ellos navegaban, él se durmió. Y sobrevino una tempestad de viento en el lago; y henchían [de agua], y peligraban.
24 They went over to Jesus and woke him up. “Master, master, we're going to drown!” they said. Jesus woke up and commanded the wind and the rough waves to stop. They stopped, and all was calm.
24 Y llegándose á él, le despertaron, diciendo: ¡Maestro, Maestro, que perecemos! Y despertado él, increpó al viento y á la tempestad del agua; y cesaron, y fué hecha bonanza.
25 “Where is your trust?” he asked them. Terrified and amazed, they said to each other, “So who is this? He gives commands to the winds and the water, and they obey him!”
25 Y les dijo: ¿Qué es de vuestra fe? Y atemorizados, se maravillaban, diciendo los unos á los otros: ¿Quién es éste, que aun á los vientos y al agua manda, y le obedecen?
26 They sailed across to the Gerasene region that lies opposite Galilee.
26 Y navegaron á la tierra de los Gadarenos, que está delante de Galilea.
27 When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the shore, a demon-possessed man from the town came to meet him. For a long time he hadn't worn any clothes or lived in a house. He lived in the tombs.
27 Y saliendo él á tierra, le vino al encuentro de la ciudad un hombre que tenía demonios [ya] de mucho tiempo; y no vestía vestido, ni estaba en casa, sino por los sepulcros.
28 When he saw Jesus he screamed, fell down at Jesus' feet, and asked in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please don't torture me, I beg you!”
28 El cual, como vió á Jesús, exclamó y se postró delante de él, y dijo á gran voz: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo, Jesús, Hijo del Dios Altísimo? Ruégote que no me atormentes.
29 For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to leave the man. It had often seized him, and despite being tied down with chains and shackles, and placed under guard, he would break the chains apart and would be driven by the demon into the desert areas.
29 (Porque mandaba al espíritu inmundo que saliese del hombre: porque [ya] de mucho tiempo le arrebataba; y le guardaban preso con cadenas y grillos; mas rompiendo las prisiones, era agitado del demonio por los desiertos.)
30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked him. “Legion,” he replied, for many demons had entered him.
30 Y le preguntó Jesús, diciendo: ¿Qué nombre tienes? Y él dijo: Legión. Porque muchos demonios habían entrado en él.
31 They begged Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
31 Y le rogaban que no les mandase ir al abismo.
32 There was a large herd of pigs feeding on the nearby hillside, and the demons begged him to be allowed to go into the pigs. Jesus gave them permission,
32 Y había allí un hato de muchos puercos que pacían en el monte; y le rogaron que los dejase entrar en ellos; y los dejó.
33 so the demons left the man and entered the pigs. The herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
33 Y salidos los demonios del hombre, entraron en los puercos; y el hato se arrojó de un despeñadero en el lago, y ahogóse.
34 When the pig-keepers saw what had happened they ran off and spread the news through the town and the countryside.
34 Y los pastores, como vieron lo que había acontecido, huyeron, y yendo dieron aviso en la ciudad y por las heredades.
35 The people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus they found the man freed from the demons. He was sitting there at Jesus' feet, wearing clothes and in his right mind; and they became scared.
35 Y salieron á ver lo que había acontecido; y vinieron á Jesús, y hallaron sentado al hombre de quien habían salido los demonios, vestido, y en su juicio, á los pies de Jesús; y tuvieron miedo.
36 Those who had seen what happened explained how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
36 Y les contaron los que lo habían visto, cómo había sido salvado aquel endemoniado.
37 Then all the people from the Gerasene region asked Jesus to leave because they were overwhelmed by fear. So he got into the boat and went back.
37 Entonces toda la multitud de la tierra de los Gadarenos alrededor, le rogaron que se fuese de ellos; porque tenían gran temor. Y él, subiendo en el barco, volvióse.
38 The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away.
38 Y aquel hombre, de quien habían salido los demonios, le rogó para estar con él; mas Jesús le despidió, diciendo:
39 “Go back home, and tell people all that God has done for you,” Jesus told him. So he went away, telling the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.
39 Vuélvete á tu casa, y cuenta cuán grandes cosas ha hecho Dios contigo. Y él se fué, publicando por toda la ciudad cuán grandes cosas había hecho Jesús con él.
40 A crowd of people was there to welcome Jesus when he returned, all eagerly expecting him.
40 Y aconteció que volviendo Jesús, recibióle la gente; porque todos le esperaban.
41 One was a man called Jairus, a synagogue leader, who came and fell at Jesus' feet. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his home
41 Y he aquí un varón, llamado Jairo, y que era príncipe de la sinagoga, vino, y cayendo á los pies de Jesús, le rogaba que entrase en su casa;
42 because his only daughter was dying. She was about twelve years old. While Jesus was on his way there, people were crowding around him.
42 Porque tenía una hija única, como de doce años, y ella se estaba muriendo. Y yendo, le apretaba la compañía.
43 In the crowd was a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all she had on doctors, but none of them had been able to help her.
43 Y una mujer, que tenía flujo de sangre hacía ya doce años, la cual había gastado en médicos toda su hacienda, y por ninguno había podido ser curada,
44 She approached Jesus from behind and touched the hem of his cloak. Immediately the bleeding stopped.
44 Llegándose por las espaldas, tocó el borde de su vestido; y luego se estancó el flujo de su sangre.
45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everybody around denied doing so. “But Master,” said Peter, “there are people crowding around you, and they keep pushing up against you.”
45 Entonces Jesús dijo: ¿Quién es el que me ha tocado? Y negando todos, dijo Pedro y los que estaban con él: Maestro, la compañía te aprieta y oprime, y dices: ¿Quién es el que me ha tocado?
46 “Someone touched me,” Jesus replied. “I know because power went out from me.”
46 Y Jesús dijo: Me ha tocado alguien; porque yo he conocido que ha salido virtud de mí.
47 When the woman realized she couldn't go unnoticed, she came forward, trembling, and fell down before him. Right in front of everybody she explained the reason why she had touched Jesus, and that she'd been cured immediately.
47 Entonces, como la mujer vió que no se había ocultado, vino temblando, y postrándose delante de él declaróle delante de todo el pueblo la causa por qué le había tocado, y cómo luego había sido sana.
48 Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your trust has healed you, go in peace.”
48 Y él le dijo: Hija, tu fe te ha salvado: ve en paz.
49 While he was still speaking, someone came from the home of the synagogue leader to tell him, “Your daughter's dead. You don't need to bother the Teacher any longer.”
49 Estando aún él hablando, vino uno del príncipe de la sinagoga á decirle: Tu hija es muerta, no des trabajo al Maestro.
50 But when he heard this, Jesus told Jairus, “Don't be afraid. If you trust, she will be healed.”
50 Y oyéndolo Jesús, le respondió: No temas: cree solamente, y será salva.
51 When Jesus arrived at the house he didn't allow anyone else to go in except Peter, John, and James, and the girl's father and mother.
51 Y entrado en casa, no dejó entrar á nadie consigo, sino á Pedro, y á Jacobo, y á Juan, y al padre y á la madre de la moza.
52 All the people there were crying and mourning for her. “Don't cry,” Jesus told them. “She's not dead, she's just sleeping.”
52 Y lloraban todos, y la plañían. Y él dijo: No lloréis; no es muerta, sino que duerme.
53 They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead.
53 Y hacían burla de él, sabiendo que estaba muerta.
54 But Jesus took her by the hand, and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”
54 Mas él, tomándola de la mano, clamó, diciendo: Muchacha, levántate.
55 She came back to life, and she got up at once. Jesus told them to give her something to eat.
55 Entonces su espíritu volvió, y se levantó luego: y él mandó que le diesen de comer.
56 Her parents were astonished at what had happened, but Jesus instructed them not to tell anyone about it.
56 Y sus padres estaban atónitos; á los cuales él mandó, que á nadie dijesen lo que había sido hecho.
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Chuza
Named in Luke 8:3 as the household manager of Herod and husband of Joanna.
Cited in the guide: Luke 8:3
Jairus
A synagogue leader who fell at Jesus' feet and begged Him to come heal his daughter, who was raised from death.
Cited in the guide: Mark 5:22; Luke 8:41
Joanna
Wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, among the women healed who ministered to Jesus out of their means, and one who told the apostles of the empty tomb.
Cited in the guide: Luke 8:3; Luke 24:10
Mary Magdalene
A woman from whom seven demons had gone out, who followed and supported Jesus from Galilee, stood by the cross, saw the burial, and was the first to see the empty tomb and the…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:56; Luke 8:2; John 19:25
Susanna
Named in Luke 8:3 among the women who had been healed and ministered to Jesus and the Twelve out of their own means.
Cited in the guide: Luke 8:3
Cross references (56)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Matthew 4:23; Romans 10:15; Matthew 9:35; Acts 13:32; Acts 10:38
- 2 Mark 16:9; Matthew 27:55–56; Mark 15:40–41; John 19:25; Acts 1:14
- 3 2 Corinthians 8:9; Philippians 4:22; Acts 9:36–39; John 4:46–53; 1 Timothy 5:10
- 4 Mark 4:1–9; Matthew 13:2–9
- 5 Hebrews 2:1; James 1:23–24; Mark 4:15; Luke 8:11–12; Mark 4:26–29
- 6 Luke 8:13; Hebrews 3:7–8; Mark 4:5–6; Romans 2:4–5; Jeremiah 5:3
- 7 Jeremiah 4:3; Luke 8:14; Luke 21:34; Hebrews 6:7–8; Genesis 3:18
- 8 Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:7; Matthew 13:23; Matthew 13:8–9
- 9 Matthew 13:18; Matthew 13:10; Mark 4:10; Matthew 13:36; Mark 7:17–18
- 10 Isaiah 6:9; Mark 4:11; Matthew 11:25; Jeremiah 5:21; Isaiah 44:18
- 11 1 Peter 1:23–25; Mark 4:14–20; Matthew 13:19; James 1:21; 1 Corinthians 3:6–7
- 12 2 Thessalonians 2:9–14; Matthew 13:19; Revelation 12:9; Proverbs 1:24–26; Mark 4:15
- 13 Hosea 6:4; John 5:35; Proverbs 12:12; Jude 12; Ezekiel 33:32
- 14 1 John 2:15–17; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; 1 Timothy 6:17; Matthew 6:24–25; Mark 4:19
- 15 Hebrews 10:36; Galatians 5:22–26; Colossians 1:10; Luke 6:45; Colossians 1:6
- 16 Luke 11:33; Matthew 5:15–16; Mark 4:21–22; Acts 26:18; Philippians 2:15–16
- 17 Luke 12:2–3; Matthew 10:26; Mark 4:22; Ecclesiastes 12:14; 1 Corinthians 4:5
- 18 Matthew 13:12; Luke 19:26; Mark 4:23–25; Matthew 25:29; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 19 Matthew 12:46–50; Mark 3:31–35; Mark 3:21
- 20 1 Corinthians 9:5; Galatians 1:19; Acts 1:14; John 7:3–6; Matthew 13:55–56
- 21 Luke 11:27–28; James 1:22; John 13:17; 3 John 11; 1 John 2:29
- 22 Matthew 8:23–27; Mark 4:35–41; Mark 6:45; Mark 8:13; Luke 8:23
- 23 Psalm 93:3–4; Isaiah 54:11; Psalm 148:8; Acts 27:14–20; Psalm 44:23
- 24 Psalm 107:25–29; Luke 4:39; Psalm 104:6–9; Luke 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:9–10
- 25 Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:40–41; Proverbs 30:4; John 11:40; Matthew 14:31
- 26 Mark 5:1–20; Matthew 8:28–34
- 27 Mark 5:2–5; 1 Samuel 19:24
- 28 Matthew 8:29; 2 Peter 2:4; Mark 1:24–27; Revelation 20:10; Acts 16:16–18
- 29 Mark 9:20–26; Luke 9:42; Luke 9:39; Mark 5:3–5; 2 Timothy 2:25–26
- 30 Matthew 26:53; Luke 8:2; Mark 16:9; Matthew 8:29; Mark 5:9
- 31 Matthew 25:41; Revelation 9:11; Job 2:5; Revelation 17:8; Revelation 20:14–15
- 32 Isaiah 66:3; Isaiah 65:4; Job 2:6; Job 1:12; Mark 5:11–13
- 33 Luke 8:22–23; Revelation 9:11; 1 Peter 5:8; John 8:44
- 34 Mark 5:14; Acts 19:16–17; Matthew 8:33; Matthew 28:11
- 35 Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3; 1 John 3:8; Psalm 51:10; Hebrews 2:14–15
- 36 Matthew 4:24
- 37 Luke 5:8; Acts 16:39; 1 Samuel 6:20; Matthew 8:34; 1 Kings 17:18
- 38 Psalm 145:3–12; Mark 5:18–20; Acts 9:13–16; Exodus 12:25–27; Psalm 32:7
- 39 1 Timothy 5:8; John 4:29; Luke 17:15–18; Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalm 126:2–3
- 40 Matthew 9:1; Mark 5:21; Mark 6:20; Luke 19:48; Acts 10:33
- 41 Mark 5:22–43; Luke 13:14; Luke 8:49; Acts 18:8; Acts 13:15
- 42 Luke 7:12; Mark 5:24; Luke 8:45; Ezekiel 24:16; Psalm 90:5–8
- 43 Mark 5:25–26; Matthew 9:20–22; Leviticus 15:25–33; Luke 13:16; Mark 9:21–22
- 44 Mark 5:27–28; Deuteronomy 22:12; Malachi 4:2; Acts 19:12; Luke 7:38
- 45 Luke 9:13; Mark 5:30–32; Luke 5:5
- 46 Luke 6:19; Luke 5:17; 1 Peter 2:9
- 47 Mark 5:33; 1 Corinthians 2:3; Luke 17:15–16; Acts 16:29; Hebrews 12:28
- 48 Luke 7:50; Matthew 9:22; Hebrews 4:2; Acts 14:9; Luke 17:19
- 49 Mark 5:35–43; Isaiah 7:12; Luke 7:6; Matthew 9:23–26; Luke 8:41–43
- 50 John 11:40; John 11:25; Mark 5:36; Mark 11:22–24; Luke 8:48
- 51 Mark 14:33; Matthew 6:5–6; 1 Kings 17:19–23; 2 Kings 4:4–6; Isaiah 42:2
- 52 Luke 23:27; John 11:4; 2 Samuel 18:33; John 11:11–13; Matthew 11:17
- 53 Isaiah 53:3; Luke 16:14; Job 17:2; Job 12:4; Psalm 22:7
- 54 Jeremiah 31:32; Acts 9:40; John 5:28–29; Matthew 9:25; Mark 9:27
- 55 John 11:44; 1 Kings 17:21–23; Luke 24:41–43; Mark 5:43
- 56 Matthew 8:4; Matthew 9:30; Luke 5:14; Mark 5:42–43
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The Lord also, as the fifth person, entered into the apartment of the dead maiden, and raised her up again; for, says [the Scripture], "He suffered no man to go in, save Peter and James, and the father and mother of the maiden." The rich man in hell declared that he had five brothers, to whom he desired that one …
May she therefore rest in peace with her husband, before or after whom she married none; whom she obeyed, with patience bringing forth fruit unto Thee, that she might gain him also for Thee.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Now Luke, to free himself from having the order of time required of him, saith thus, "And it came to pass on a certain day that He went into a ship with His disciples;" and Mark in like manner.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
For where there is wilful wickedness, there is also a withholding of grace: for to him that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
He is called a Samaritan and a demoniac; --but He saves him that came down from Jerusalem and fell among thieves; the demons acknowledge Him, and He drives out demons and sinks in the sea legions of foul spirits, and sees the Prince of the demons falling like lightning.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)