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Some Who Wanted To Go with Jesus

(Luke 9.57-62)

18 When Jesus saw the crowd,[a] he went across Lake Galilee. 19 A teacher of the Law of Moses came up to him and said, “Teacher, I'll go anywhere with you!”

20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”

21 (A) Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, let me wait till I bury my father.”

22 Jesus answered, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”[b]

A Storm

(Mark 4.35-41; Luke 8.22-25)

23 After Jesus left in a boat with his disciples, 24 a terrible storm suddenly struck the lake, and waves started splashing into their boat.

Jesus was sound asleep, 25 so the disciples went over to him and woke him up. They said, “Lord, wake up! Save us before we drown!”

26 But Jesus replied, “Why are you so afraid? You surely don't have much faith.” Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm.

27 The men in the boat were amazed and said, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him.”

Two Men with Demons in Them

(Mark 5.1-20; Luke 8.26-39)

28 After Jesus had crossed the lake, he came to shore near the town of Gadara[c] and started down the road. Two men with demons in them came to him from the tombs.[d] They were so fierce that no one could travel that way. 29 Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?”

30 Not far from there a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 So the demons begged Jesus, “If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!” 32 Jesus told them to go, and they went out of the men and into the pigs. All at once the pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

33 The people taking care of the pigs ran to the town and told everything, especially what had happened to the two men. 34 Everyone in town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their part of the country.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.18 saw the crowd: Some manuscripts have “large crowd.” Others have “large crowds.”
  2. 8.22 let the dead bury their dead: For the Jewish people a proper burial of their dead was a very important duty. But Jesus teaches that following him is even more important.
  3. 8.28 Gadara: Some manuscripts have “Gergesa.” Others have “Gerasa.”
  4. 8.28 tombs: It was thought that demons and evil spirits lived in tombs and in caves that were used for burying the dead.

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