Luke 8 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Et factum est deinceps, et ipse iter faciebat per civitates, et castella prædicans, et evangelizans regnum Dei: et duodecim cum illo,
1 Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,
2 et mulieres aliquæ, quæ erant curatæ a spiritibus malignis et infirmatibus: Maria, quæ vocatur Magdalene, de qua septem dæmonia exierant,
2 and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
3 et Joanna uxor Chusæ procuratoris Herodis, et Susanna, et aliæ multæ, quæ ministrabant ei de facultatibus suis.
3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others who served them from their possessions.
4 Cum autem turba plurima convenirent, et de civitatibus properarent ad eum, dixit per similitudinem:
4 When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:
5 Exiit qui seminat, seminare semen suum. Et dum seminat, aliud cecidit secus viam, et conculcatum est, et volucres cæli comederunt illud.
5 “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
6 Et aliud cecidit supra petram: et natum aruit, quia non habebat humorem.
6 Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 Et aliud cecidit inter spinas, et simul exortæ spinæ suffocaverunt illud.
7 Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.
8 Et aliud cecidit in terram bonam: et ortum fecit fructum centuplum. Hæc dicens clamabat: Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
8 Some fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
9 Interrogabant autem eum discipuli ejus, quæ esset hæc parabola.
9 Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
10 Quibus ipse dixit: Vobis datum est nosse mysterium regni Dei, ceteris autem in parabolis: ut videntes non videant, et audientes non intelligant.
10 He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
11 Est autem hæc parabola: Semen est verbum Dei.
11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Qui autem secus viam, hi sunt qui audiunt: deinde venit diabolus, et tollit verbum de corde eorum, ne credentes salvi fiant.
12 Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
13 Nam qui supra petram, qui cum audierint, cum gaudio suscipiunt verbum: et hi radices non habent: qui ad tempus credunt, et in tempore tentationis recedunt.
13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
14 Quod autem in spinas cecidit: hi sunt qui audierunt, et a sollicitudinibus, et divitiis, et voluptatibus vitæ euntes, suffocantur, et non referunt fructum.
14 What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity.
15 Quod autem in bonam terram: hi sunt qui in corde bono et optimo audientes verbum retinent, et fructum afferunt in patientia.
15 Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.
16 Nemo autem lucernam accendens, operit eam vase, aut subtus lectum ponit: sed supra candelabrum ponit, ut intrantes videant lumen.
16 “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
17 Non est enim occultum, quod non manifestetur: nec absconditum, quod non cognoscatur, et in palam veniat.
17 For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.
18 Videte ergo quomodo audiatis? Qui enim habet, dabitur illi: et quicumque non habet, etiam quod putat se habere, auferetur ab illo.
18 Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”
19 Venerunt autem ad illum mater et fratres ejus, et non poterant adire eum præ turba.
19 His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.
20 Et nuntiatum est illi: Mater tua et fratres tui stant foris, volentes te videre.
20 Some people told him, “Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.”
21 Qui respondens, dixit ad eos: Mater mea et fratres mei hi sunt, qui verbum Dei audiunt et faciunt.
21 But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
22 Factum est autem in una dierum: et ipse ascendit in naviculam, et discipuli ejus, et ait ad illos: Transfretemus trans stagnum. Et ascenderunt.
22 Now on one of those days, he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.
23 Et navigantibus illis, obdormivit, et descendit procella venti in stagnum, et complebantur, et periclitabantur.
23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.
24 Accedentes autem suscitaverunt eum, dicentes: Præceptor, perimus. At ille surgens, increpavit ventum, et tempestatem aquæ, et cessavit: et facta est tranquillitas.
24 They came to him and awoke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are dying!” He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; then they ceased, and it was calm.
25 Dixit autem illis: Ubi est fides vestra? Qui timentes, mirati sunt ad invicem, dicentes: Quis putas hic est, quia et ventis, et mari imperat, et obediunt ei?
25 He said to them, “Where is your faith?” Being afraid, they marveled, saying to one another, “Who is this then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
26 Et navigaverunt ad regionem Gerasenorum, quæ est contra Galilæam.
26 Then they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27 Et cum egressus esset ad terram, occurrit illi vir quidam, qui habebat dæmonium jam temporibus multis, et vestimento non induebatur, neque in domo manebat, sed in monumentis.
27 When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.
28 Is, ut vidit Jesum, procidit ante illum: et exclamans voce magna, dixit: Quid mihi et tibi est, Jesu Fili Dei Altissimi? obsecro te, ne me torqueas.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”
29 Præcipiebat enim spiritui immundo ut exiret ab homine. Multis enim temporibus arripiebat illum, et vinciebatur catenis, et compedibus custoditus. Et ruptis vinculis agebatur a dæmonio in deserta.
29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
30 Interrogavit autem illum Jesus, dicens: Quod tibi nomen est? At ille dixit: Legio: quia intraverant dæmonia multa in eum.
30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.
31 Et rogabant illum ne imperaret illis ut in abyssum irent.
31 They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
32 Erat autem ibi grex porcorum multorum pascentium in monte: et rogabant eum, ut permitteret eis in illos ingredi. Et permisit illis.
32 Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. Then he allowed them.
33 Exierunt ergo dæmonia ab homine, et intraverunt in porcos: et impetu abiit grex per præceps in stagnum, et suffocatus est.
33 The demons came out of the man and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
34 Quod ut viderunt factum qui pascebant, fugerunt, et nuntiaverunt in civitatem et in villas.
34 When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country.
35 Exierunt autem videre quod factum est, et venerunt ad Jesum, et invenerunt hominem sedentem, a quo dæmonia exierant, vestitum ac sana mente, ad pedes ejus, et timuerunt.
35 People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
36 Nuntiaverunt autem illis et qui viderant, quomodo sanus factus esset a legione:
36 Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.
37 et rogaverunt illum omnis multitudo regionis Gerasenorum ut discederet ab ipsis: quia magno timore tenebantur. Ipse autem ascendens navim, reversus est.
37 All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.
38 Et rogabat illum vir, a quo dæmonia exierant, ut cum eo esset. Dimisit autem eum Jesus, dicens:
38 But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
39 Redi in domum tuam, et narra quanta tibi fecit Deus. Et abiit per universam civitatem, prædicans quanta illi fecisset Jesus.
39 “Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
40 Factum est autem cum rediisset Jesus, excepit illum turba: erunt enim omnes exspectantes eum.
40 When Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
41 Et ecce venit vir, cui nomen Jairus, et ipse princeps synagogæ erat: et cecidit ad pedes Jesu, rogans eum ut intraret in domum ejus,
41 Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come into his house,
42 quia unica filia erat ei fere annorum duodecim, et hæc moriebatur. Et contigit, dum iret, a turba comprimebatur.
42 for he had an only born daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
43 Et mulier quædam erat in fluxu sanguinis ab annis duodecim, quæ in medicos erogaverat omnem substantiam suam, nec ab ullo potuit curari:
43 A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians and could not be healed by any,
44 accessit retro, et tetigit fimbriam vestimenti ejus: et confestim stetit fluxus sanguinis ejus.
44 came behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak. Immediately the flow of her blood stopped.
45 Et ait Jesus: Quis est, qui me tetigit? Negantibus autem omnibus, dixit Petrus, et qui cum illo erant: Præceptor, turbæ te comprimunt, et affligunt, et dicis: Quis me tetigit?
45 Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
46 Et dicit Jesus: Tetigit me aliquis: nam ego novi virtutem de me exiisse.
46 But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me.”
47 Videns autem mulier, quia non latuit, tremens venit, et procidit ante pedes ejus: et ob quam causam tetigerit eum, indicavit coram omni populo: et quemadmodum confestim sanata sit.
47 When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
48 At ipse dixit ei: Filia, fides tua salvam te fecit: vade in pace.
48 He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
49 Adhuc illo loquente, venit quidam ad principem synagogæ, dicens ei: Quia mortua est filia tua, noli vexare illum.
49 While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t trouble the Teacher.”
50 Jesus autem, audito hoc verbo, respondit patri puellæ: Noli timere, crede tantum, et salva erit.
50 But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.”
51 Et cum venisset domum, non permisit intrare secum quemquam, nisi Petrum, et Jacobum, et Joannem, et patrem, et matrem puellæ.
51 When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.
52 Flebant autem omnes, et plangebant illam. At ille dixit: Nolite flere: non est mortua puella, sed dormit.
52 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”
53 Et deridebant eum, scientes quod mortua esset.
53 They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
54 Ipse autem tenens manum ejus clamavit, dicens: Puella, surge.
54 But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”
55 Et reversus est spiritus ejus, et surrexit continuo. Et jussit illi dari manducare.
55 Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
56 Et stupuerunt parentes ejus, quibus præcepit ne alicui dicerent quod factum erat.
56 Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.
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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)
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- 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)