The Good News According to Luke
Chapter Eight
8.1-3
Jesus travelled through towns and villages announcing the good news
about how God does things. His close friends were with him as well as some
women whom he had cured of disease and evil spirits - including Mary from
Magdala, Joanna the wife of Chuza (who was Herod's butler), Susanna, and
some others. They helped support them out of their resources.
8.5-8
Jesus used to teach people in this way: "There was once a man who
went out to sow seed. As he scattered it, some fell along the pathway. It
was trampled underfoot and the birds swooped down and ate it. Some fell on
rocky ground. When it germinated, it shriveled up because it had no
moisture. Some fell among thorns, which grew up and choked it. And some
fell on fertile soil. When it germinated, it yielded a hundredfold."
Jesus would say, "Anyone with good hearing had
better listen!"
8.16-17
Jesus said, "Nobody who has just lit a lamp puts it under a bowl
or under the bed. In fact, he puts it on a lamp stand so that anyone who
comes in can see the light."
"For nothing which has been hidden won't be brought
to light, and nothing which has been concealed won't be exposed."
8.18
Jesus said, "Notice that those who have a lot will be given
even more. And those who have almost nothing will have even that taken
away from them."
8.19-21
Now Jesus' mother and brothers once came to see him. They couldn't
reach him because of the crowd. Someone told him, "Your mother and
brothers want to see you."
He responded, "My mother and brothers are those who
hear what God says and then do it."
8.43
Once a woman who had suffered vaginal bleeding for twelve years and
who had found nobody who could heal her, came up behind him. She touched
the hem of his cloak and the flow of blood stopped immediately.
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