Luke 8 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

When a large crowd was gathering together, and people from city after city were coming to Him, He spoke [to them] using a parable:

Now His disciples began asking Him what this parable meant.

“Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].

“Now no one lights a lamp and then covers it with a container [to hide it], or puts it under a bed; instead, he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

Then Jesus’ mother and His brothers came up toward Him, but they could not reach Him because of the crowd.

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side of the lake (Sea of Galilee).” So they set out.

Then they sailed to the [fn]country of the Gerasenes, which is east of Galilee.

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the mountain. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and told it in the city and out in the country.

Now as Jesus was returning [to Galilee], the people welcomed Him, for they had all been expecting Him.

And a woman who had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years [fn][and had spent all her money on physicians], and could not be healed by anyone,

While He was still speaking, someone from the synagogue official’s house came and said [to Jairus], “Your daughter is dead; do not inconvenience the Teacher any further.”