Luke 8 (NET)

Luke 8:1¹Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:23Rom 10:15Acts 10:38Acts 13:32Matt 9:35Isa 61:1-3Luke 2:10-11Luke 4:18Luke 4:43-44Luke 6:14-16

Luke 8:2²and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 16:9Mark 15:40-41Matt 27:55-56John 19:25Acts 1:14Luke 23:27Luke 23:49Luke 23:55Mark 16:1Luke 8:30

Luke 8:3³and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod’s household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:102 Cor 8:9Acts 9:36-39John 4:46-53Phil 4:221 Chr 29:14Isa 23:18Matt 2:11Matt 25:40Matt 26:11

Luke 8:4⁴While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 4:1-9Matt 13:2-9

Luke 8:5⁵“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 2:1Jas 1:23-24Mark 4:15Luke 8:11-12Gen 15:11Mark 4:26-29Mark 4:2-4Matt 13:18-19Matt 13:24-26Matt 13:3-4

Luke 8:6⁶Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 3:7-8Luke 8:13Mark 4:5-6Rom 2:4-5Amos 6:12Ezek 36:26Heb 3:15Jer 5:3Mark 4:16-17Matt 13:20-21

Luke 8:7⁷Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:3Luke 8:14Gen 3:18Heb 6:7-8Luke 21:34Mark 4:18-19Mark 4:7Matt 13:22Matt 13:7

Luke 8:8⁸But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 11:15Rev 2:11Rev 2:7Mark 4:20Mark 4:8Matt 13:23Matt 13:8-9Prov 20:12Gen 26:12Jer 13:15

Luke 8:9⁹Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 4:10Matt 13:10Matt 13:18Hos 6:3John 15:15Mark 4:34Mark 7:17-18Matt 13:36Matt 15:15

Luke 8:10¹⁰He said, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 6:9Mark 4:11Matt 11:25Jer 5:21Isa 44:18Matt 13:11-17Acts 28:26-27Col 2:2Col 1:26-28Deut 29:4

Luke 8:11¹¹“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:23-25Mark 4:14-20Matt 13:19Jas 1:211 Cor 3:6-71 Cor 3:9-12Isa 8:20

Luke 8:12¹²Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 2:9-14Matt 13:19Rev 12:9Mark 4:15Prov 1:24-26Jas 1:23-24Prov 4:5Isa 65:11Luke 8:5Prov 1:29

Luke 8:13¹³Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 6:4John 5:35Prov 12:122 Pet 2:22Ezek 33:32Jude 1:121 Cor 15:22 Pet 2:20Eph 3:17Gal 3:1

Luke 8:14¹⁴As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 2:15-171 Tim 6:9-101 Tim 6:17Luke 21:34Mark 4:19Matt 13:22Matt 6:24-25Luke 8:72 Tim 4:10Luke 13:6-9

Luke 8:15¹⁵But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:36Gal 5:22-26Col 1:10Luke 6:451 John 2:3Col 1:6Jas 1:22-25John 14:15Luke 11:28Matt 24:13

Luke 8:16¹⁶“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 11:33Matt 5:15-16Mark 4:21-22Acts 26:18Phil 2:15-16Rev 1:20-2:1Rev 11:4

Luke 8:17¹⁷For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 12:2-3Matt 10:26Mark 4:22Eccl 12:141 Cor 4:5

Luke 8:18¹⁸So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:12Luke 19:26Mark 4:23-25Matt 25:29Prov 2:2-5Heb 2:1John 15:21 Cor 14:371 Cor 3:181 Cor 8:2

Luke 8:19¹⁹Now Jesus’ mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:46-50Mark 3:21Mark 3:31-35

Luke 8:20²⁰So he was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:5Acts 1:14Gal 1:19John 7:3-6Mark 6:3Matt 13:55-56

Luke 8:21²¹But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 11:27-28Jas 1:22John 13:171 John 2:293 John 1:11Heb 2:11-132 Cor 6:18John 15:14-15John 6:28-29Luke 8:15

Luke 8:22²²One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:23-27Mark 4:35-41Mark 6:45Luke 5:1Luke 8:23Mark 8:13Matt 14:22John 6:1Mark 5:21Matt 8:18

Luke 8:23²³and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:11Ps 93:3-4Acts 27:14-20Isa 51:9-10Luke 8:22Ps 107:23-30Ps 124:2-4Ps 148:8Ps 44:23Heb 4:15

Luke 8:24²⁴They came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are about to die!” So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:39Ps 107:25-292 Cor 1:9-10Luke 5:5Ps 104:6-9Jer 5:22John 2:2-6Nah 1:4Ps 65:7Matt 14:30

Luke 8:25²⁵Then he said to them, “Where is your faith?” But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another, “Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:26Mark 4:40-41Prov 30:4John 11:40Matt 14:31Gen 1:9-10Luke 12:28Matt 17:20Prov 8:29Job 38:8-10

Luke 8:26²⁶So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:1-20Matt 8:28-34

Luke 8:27²⁷As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:2-51 Sam 19:24

Luke 8:28²⁸When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:292 Pet 2:41 John 3:8Acts 16:16-18Isa 27:1Jas 2:19Luke 4:33-36Luke 8:37-38Mark 1:24-27Mark 5:6-8

Luke 8:29²⁹For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:25-26Acts 19:12-16Luke 9:39Luke 9:42Mark 5:3-5Mark 5:8Mark 9:20-26

Luke 8:30³⁰Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 26:53Luke 8:2Mark 16:9Matt 8:29Mark 5:9

Luke 8:31³¹And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 25:41Job 1:11Job 2:5Luke 8:28Phil 2:10-11Rev 11:7Rev 17:8Rev 19:20Rev 20:1-3Rev 20:14-15

Luke 8:32³²Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 65:4Isa 66:31 John 4:41 Kgs 22:22Job 1:10Job 1:12Job 2:6John 19:11Lev 11:7Mark 5:11-13

Luke 8:33³³So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:8John 8:44Luke 8:22-23Rev 9:11

Luke 8:34³⁴When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:14Acts 19:16-17Matt 28:11Matt 8:33

Luke 8:35³⁵So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 10:391 John 3:8Acts 22:3Ps 51:10Heb 2:14-15Isa 53:12Luke 8:27Isa 49:24-25Luke 15:17Luke 2:46

Luke 8:36³⁶Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:24

Luke 8:37³⁷Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 16:39Luke 5:81 Kgs 17:181 Sam 6:20Deut 5:25Job 21:14-15Luke 10:10-11Luke 10:16Luke 8:28Luke 9:5

Luke 8:38³⁸The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:13-16Mark 5:18-20Ps 145:3-121 Tim 1:13-16Deut 10:20-21Exod 12:25-27Exod 13:14-16Exod 13:8-9Gal 1:23-24Isa 63:7-13

Luke 8:39³⁹“Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 5:8John 4:29Luke 17:15-18Deut 10:21Dan 4:1-3Dan 4:34-37Mark 1:45Ps 126:2-3Ps 66:16

Luke 8:40⁴⁰Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:21Matt 9:1Mark 6:20Acts 10:33John 5:35Luke 19:37-38Luke 19:48Luke 19:6Luke 5:1Mark 12:37

Luke 8:41⁴¹Then a man named Jairus, who was a leader of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:22-43Acts 13:15Acts 18:8Luke 13:14Luke 8:49Acts 18:17Acts 9:38John 4:46-49Luke 17:16Luke 5:8

Luke 8:42⁴²because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 7:12Luke 8:45Eccl 6:12Ezek 24:16Ezek 24:25Gen 44:20-22Job 1:18-19Job 4:20Mark 5:24Ps 103:15-16

Luke 8:43⁴³Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:25-26Matt 9:20-22Lev 15:25-33Luke 13:162 Chr 16:12Mark 9:21-22Isa 2:22Isa 55:1-3Job 13:4John 9:1

Luke 8:44⁴⁴She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the bleeding stopped.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:27-28Deut 22:12Acts 19:12Mal 4:2Exod 15:26John 5:13Luke 13:13Luke 7:38Mark 6:56Matt 20:34

Luke 8:45⁴⁵Then Jesus asked, “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:13Luke 5:5Mark 5:30-32

Luke 8:46⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out from me.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:19Luke 5:171 Pet 2:9

Luke 8:47⁴⁷When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:331 Cor 2:3Luke 17:15-161 Sam 16:42 Cor 7:15Acts 16:29Heb 12:28Hab 3:16Isa 66:2Ps 2:11

Luke 8:48⁴⁸Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 7:50Matt 9:22Heb 4:2Acts 14:9Luke 17:19Mark 5:341 Sam 1:172 Cor 6:18Exod 4:18Luke 18:42

Luke 8:49⁴⁹While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue leader’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 5:35-43Isa 7:12Luke 7:6Luke 11:7Luke 8:41-43Matt 9:23-26

Luke 8:50⁵⁰But when Jesus heard this, he told him, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 11:40John 11:25Mark 5:36Mark 11:22-24Luke 8:48Rom 4:17Isa 50:10Mark 9:23Rom 4:20

Luke 8:51⁵¹Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:19-232 Kgs 4:4-6Isa 42:2Luke 9:28Mark 14:33Matt 6:5-6Acts 9:40Luke 6:14Mark 5:37-402 Kgs 4:34-36

Luke 8:52⁵²Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 11:4Luke 23:272 Sam 18:33Exod 24:17Gen 23:2Gen 27:34-35Jer 9:17-21John 11:11-13Mark 5:38-39Matt 11:17

Luke 8:53⁵³And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:3Luke 16:14Job 12:4Job 17:2John 11:39John 19:33-35Mark 15:44-45Ps 22:7

Luke 8:54⁵⁴But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said, “Child, get up.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 31:32Acts 9:40John 11:43John 5:21John 5:28-29Luke 7:14-15Luke 8:51Mark 1:31Mark 8:23Mark 9:27

Luke 8:55⁵⁵Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 11:441 Kgs 17:21-23Luke 24:41-43Mark 5:43

Luke 8:56⁵⁶Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:4Matt 9:30Luke 5:14Mark 5:42-43