Luke 8:15-35

¹⁵But that on the good ground: these are the ones who having heard the word with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and produce fruit with perseverance.”

¹⁶Upon saying these things He called out: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear! No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but he sets it on a lamp stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

¹⁷Further, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, nor anything concealed that will not be made known and come into the open.

¹⁸So be careful how you hear: Because whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”

¹⁹Then His mother and brothers came to Him, and they could not get near Him because of the crowd.

²⁰And it was told Him by some saying, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.”

²¹But in answer He said to them, “My mother and my brothers are these, the ones who hear the word of God and do it!”

²²Now it happened on one of those days that He got into a boat with His disciples; and He said to them, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

²³But as they sailed He fell asleep. A windstorm descended on the lake, and they were being swamped and were in jeopardy.

²⁴So they came and awakened Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves of water—and they stopped, and there was a calm!

²⁵So He said to them, “Where is your faith?” But being terrified they marveled, saying to each other: “Who can this be? Because He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

²⁶Then they sailed to the district of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

²⁷Well when He stepped out on the land, a certain man of that town met Him, who had had demons for a long time—he wore no clothes, nor did he live in a house, but among the tombs.

²⁸When he saw Jesus he gave a yell, fell down before Him, and with a loud voice he said: “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!”

²⁹because He had commanded the unclean spirit to get out of the man (it had seized him many times—he would be bound with chains and shackles, being kept under guard; then bursting the bonds he would be driven by the demon into deserted places).

³⁰Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion” (because many demons had gone into him).

³¹And he kept imploring Him that He would not order them to go away into the Abyss.

³²Now a herd of many pigs was feeding there on the hillside; and they started begging Him that He would allow them to go into those; so He gave them permission.

³³Then the demons exited the man and entered the pigs—and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned!

³⁴Well when the herders saw what had happened they ran away and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

³⁵So they went out to see what had happened, and 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.