Women Who Helped Jesus
1 Soon after this, Jesus was going through towns and villages, telling the good news about God's kingdom. His twelve apostles were with him, 2 and so were some women who had been healed of evil spirits and all sorts of diseases. One of the women was Mary Magdalene, who once had seven demons in her. 3 Joanna, Susanna, and many others had also used what they owned to help Jesus and his disciples. Joanna's husband Chuza was one of Herod's officials.
A Story about a Farmer
(Matthew 13.1-9Mark 4.1-9)4 When a large crowd from several towns had gathered around Jesus, he told them this story:
5 A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field. While the farmer was doing this, some of the seeds fell along the road and were stepped on or eaten by birds. 6 Other seeds fell on rocky ground and started growing. But the plants did not have enough water and soon dried up. 7 Some other seeds fell where thornbushes grew up and choked the plants. 8 The rest of the seeds fell on good ground where they grew and produced a hundred times as many seeds.
When Jesus had finished speaking, he said, “If you have ears, pay attention!”
Why Jesus Used Stories
(Matthew 13.10-17Mark 4.10-12)9 Jesus' disciples asked him what the story meant. 10 So he answered:
I have explained the secrets about God's kingdom to you. But for others I use stories, so they will look, but not see, and they will hear, but not understand.
Jesus Explains the Story about a Farmer
(Matthew 13.18-23Mark 4.13-20)11 This is what the story means: The seed is God's message, 12 and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so they will not believe and be saved. 13 The seeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it. But they don't have deep roots, and they believe only for a little while. As soon as life gets hard, they give up.
14 The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they are so eager for riches and pleasures that they never produce anything. 15 Those seeds that fell on good ground are the people who listen to the message and keep it in good and honest hearts. They last and produce a harvest.
Light
(Mark 4.21-25)16 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl or under a bed. A lamp is always put on a lampstand, so people who come into a house will see the light. 17 There is nothing hidden that will not be found. There is no secret that will not be well known. 18 Pay attention to how you listen! Everyone who has something will be given more, but people who have nothing will lose what little they think they have.
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
(Matthew 12.46-50Mark 3.31-35)19 Jesus' mother and brothers went to see him, but because of the crowd they could not get near him. 20 Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.”
21 Jesus answered, “My mother and my brothers are those people who hear and obey God's message.”
A Storm
(Matthew 8.23-27Mark 4.35-41)22 One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat, and he said, “Let's cross the lake.” They started out, 23 and while they were sailing across, he went to sleep.
Suddenly a storm struck the lake, and the boat started sinking. They were in danger. 24 So they went to Jesus and woke him up, “Master, Master! We are about to drown!”
Jesus got up and ordered the wind and waves to stop. They obeyed, and everything was calm. 25 Then Jesus asked the disciples, “Don't you have any faith?”
But they were frightened and amazed. They said to each other, “Who is this? He can give orders to the wind and the waves, and they obey him!”
A Man with Demons in Him
(Matthew 8.28-34Mark 5.1-20)26 Jesus and his disciples sailed across Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. 27 As Jesus was getting out of the boat, he was met by a man from this town. The man had demons in him. He had gone naked for a long time and no longer lived in a house, but in the graveyard.
28 The man saw Jesus and screamed. He knelt down in front of him and shouted, “Jesus, Son of God Most High, what do you want with me? I beg you not to torture me!” 29 He said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to go out of him.
The man had often been attacked by the demon. And even though he had been bound with chains and leg irons and kept under guard, he smashed whatever bound him. Then the demon would force him out into lonely places.
30 Jesus asked the man, “What is your name?”
He answered, “My name is Lots.” He said this because there were “lots” of demons in him. 31 They begged Jesus not to send them to the deep pit, where they would be punished.
32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and Jesus let them go. 33 Then the demons left the man and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
34 When the men taking care of the pigs saw this, they ran to spread the news in the town and on the farms. 35 The people went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they also found the man. The demons had gone out of him, and he was sitting there at the feet of Jesus. He had clothes on and was in his right mind. But the people were terrified.
36 Then all who had seen the man healed told about it. 37 Everyone from around Gerasa begged Jesus to leave, because they were so frightened.
When Jesus got into the boat to start back, 38 the man who had been healed begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him off and said, 39 “Go back home and tell everyone how much God has done for you.” The man then went all over town, telling everything that Jesus had done for him.
A Dying Girl and a Sick Woman
(Matthew 9.18-26Mark 5.21-43)40 Everyone had been waiting for Jesus, and when he came back, a crowd was there to welcome him. 41 Just then the man in charge of the synagogue came and knelt down in front of Jesus. His name was Jairus, and he begged Jesus to come to his home 42 because his twelve-year-old child was dying. She was his only daughter.
While Jesus was on his way, people were crowding all around him. 43 In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent everything she had on doctors, but none of them could make her well.
44 As soon as she came up behind Jesus and barely touched his clothes, her bleeding stopped.
45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
While everyone was denying it, Peter said, “Master, people are crowding all around and pushing you from every side.”
46 But Jesus answered, “Someone touched me, because I felt power going out from me.” 47 The woman knew that she could not hide, so she came trembling and knelt down in front of Jesus. She told everyone why she had touched him and that she had been healed at once.
48 Jesus said to the woman, “You are now well because of your faith. May God give you peace!”
49 While Jesus was speaking, someone came from Jairus' home and said, “Your daughter has died! Why bother the teacher anymore?”
50 When Jesus heard this, he told Jairus, “Don't worry! Have faith, and your daughter will get well.”
51 Jesus went into the house, but he did not let anyone else go with him, except Peter, John, James, and the girl's father and mother. 52 Everyone was crying and weeping for the girl. But Jesus said, “The child isn't dead. She is just asleep.” 53 The people laughed at him because they knew she was dead.
54 Jesus took hold of the girl's hand and said, “Child, get up!” 55 She came back to life and got right up. Jesus told them to give her something to eat. 56 Her parents were surprised, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
Musoolu ye Yeesu dandaŋ
1 Wo koolaa le, Yeesu tententa ka taa saatee baalu niŋ saateeriŋolu bee to. A ye Alla la mansabaayaa la kibaari betoo kawandi. A la saayibe taŋ niŋ fuloo be a fee, 2 ì niŋ musoo doolu, a ye mennu firiŋ seetaani jawoolu bulu nuŋ, a ye ì kendeyandi. Mariyaama Makadalena, Yeesu ye seetaani jawu woorowula bayi meŋ bala, wo fanaa be ì kono le, 3 aniŋ Yowanna, meŋ mu Mansa Herodi la dookuulaa Cusa la musoo ti, aniŋ Susanna niŋ musu jamaa. Ñiŋ musoolu ka ì la sotofeŋolu bo le ka Yeesu niŋ a la saayiboolu maakoyi.
Fiirilaa la mansaaloo
(Matiyu 13:1-9Maaka 4:1-9)4 Moolu bota naŋ saatewolu to taariŋ ka naa Yeesu kaŋ. Bituŋ kafu baa naata beŋ ñoo kaŋ, Yeesu ye mansaaloo fo ì ye ko: 5 “Fiirilaa kiliŋ ne nene taata a la fiifeŋ kesoolu fii. Kabiriŋ a be fiiroo la, kese doolu jolonta moolu la tambidulaa to. Bituŋ moolu dorita ì kaŋ, kunoolu ye ì domo. 6 Kese doolu jolonta beroolu le kaŋ. Kabiriŋ ì falinta, ì bee jaata, kaatu ì maŋ montoo soto. 7 Kese doolu jolonta ŋaniŋolu kono. Ì niŋ ŋaniŋolu falinta ñoo la, bari ŋaniŋolu ye ì dete, ì faata. 8 Bari kese doolu jolonta banku betoo le kaŋ. Ì falinta, aduŋ ì naata kese kemoolu bondi.” Kabiriŋ Yeesu pareeta diyaamoo la, a ko, “Meŋ ye tuloo soto ka moyiroo ke, a si a moyi.”
Mansaaloolu daliiloo
(Matiyu 13:10-17Maaka 4:10-12)9 Wo to le Yeesu la saayiboolu ye a ñininkaa ko, ñiŋ mansaaloo kotoo mu muŋ ne ti. 10 A ko, “Alla la mansabaayaa kulloolu diita alitolu le la ka ì loŋ, bari doolu ye, ì be maaboriŋ mansaaloolu le kono. Wo kamma la,
‘ì si juubeeroo ke, bari ì buka jeroo ke noo.
Ì si moyiroo ke, bari ì buka fahaamuroo ke noo.’
Yeesu ye mansaaloo firiŋ
(Matiyu 13:18-23Maaka 4:13-20)11 “Ñiŋ ne mu mansaaloo kotoo ti: Kesoo mu Alla la kumoo le ti. 12 Kesoolu mennu jolonta moolu la tambidulaa to, wo ka moolu la kuwo le yitandi, mennu ye kumoo moyi, bari Ibiliisa naata, a ye kumoo buusi ì sondomoolu kono, fo ì kana laa waraŋ ka kiisa.
13 “Kesoolu mennu jolonta beroolu kaŋ, wo ka moolu la kuwo le yitandi, mennu ye Alla la kumoo moyi, ì seewooriŋo ye a muta, bari a maŋ suloo soto ì sondomoolu kono. Ì laata fo waatindiŋ doroŋ. Kabiriŋ marisa kuwo naata, ì badalita. 14 Kesoolu mennu jolonta ŋaniŋolu kono, wo ka moolu la kuwo le yitandi, mennu ye kumoo moyi, bari baluwo la bataa kuwolu niŋ naafuloolu ñaaboo aniŋ niidiyaa kuwolu ka kesoolu dete le, aduŋ ì diŋolu buka moo. 15 Bari mennu jolonta banku betoo kaŋ, wo ka moolu la kuwo le yitandi, mennu ye kumoo moyi, ì ye a muta sondome betoo la, meŋ tilinta. Wolu le ka diŋ betoo diŋ muñoo kono.”
Lampoo la mansaaloo
(Maaka 4:21-25)16 “Moo buka lampoo mala ka a biti booloo la, waraŋ ka a ke laaraŋo koto. Bari a ka a ke lampu looraŋo le kaŋ, fo moolu mennu dunta si maloo je. 17 Feŋ te maaboriŋ, meŋ te lankenema la, feŋ te kulloo kono, meŋ te finti la kenebaa to. 18 Wo to ali ali hakiloo tu, ali ka i lamoyi ñaameŋ. Moo meŋ ye feŋ soto, doo be dii la wo le la. Bari moo meŋ maŋ feŋ soto, hani a ye meŋ muta a taa ti, wo faŋo be buusi la a la le.”
Yeesu baamaa niŋ a baadiŋolu
(Matiyu 12:46-50Maaka 3:31-35)19 Wo to le Yeesu baamaa niŋ a doomaalu naata a kaŋ, bari ì maŋ futa noo a ma kafoo la siyaa kamma la. 20 Moo doolu ko Yeesu ye ko, “I baamaa niŋ i doomaalu be looriŋ banta. Ì lafita ka i je.” 21 Bari Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Nte baamaa niŋ m baadiŋolu mu moolu le ti, mennu ye Alla la kumoo moyi, aduŋ ì ka a ke a ñaama.”
Yeesu ye foño baa tenkundi
(Matiyu 8:23-27Maaka 4:35-41)22 Luŋ doo le la, Yeesu ko a la saayiboolu ye ko, “Ali ŋà taa, ŋà baa teyi ka taa a kara doo la.” Bituŋ ì dunta kuluŋo kono ka taa. 23 Biriŋ kuluŋo be taa kaŋ, Yeesu ye i laa, a siinoota. Foño baa naata wuli baa kono fo kuluŋo be naa faa la niŋ jiyo la, ì tarata wo mantooroo kono. 24 Bituŋ ì naata a kaŋ ka a kuniŋ ko, “M̀ Maarii, m̀ Maarii, m̀ be kasaara kaŋ ne!” Wo to le a kuninta, a wulita, a ye foñoo niŋ jiibaliŋ saŋarariŋolu jalayi, wo to le ì tenkunta tek. 25 Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Ali la lannoo lee?” Ì silata aniŋ ì jaakalita fanaa. Ì ko ñoo ye ko, “Jumaa le mu ñiŋ ti, meŋ ka foñoo niŋ jiibaliŋolu yaamari, aduŋ ì ka a la yaamaroo muta?”
Yeesu ye seetaanitoo kendeyandi
(Matiyu 8:28-34Maaka 5:1-20)26 Bituŋ Yeesu niŋ a la saayiboolu futata Kerasene tundoo kaŋ, meŋ be baa kara doo la ka bo Kalilee. 27 Kabiriŋ Yeesu fintita kuluŋo kono, a loota tintoo kaŋ doroŋ, kewo doo le ye a benduŋ jee, seetaani jawoolu be meŋ na. A bota saatewo kono, aduŋ a meeta, a buka dendikoo duŋ. A maŋ tara sabatiriŋ buŋo kono, bari a ka sabati berehuwolu le kono, ì ka moolu baadee daameŋ to. 28 Kabiriŋ a ye Yeesu je, a wuurita, a ye i fayi Yeesu siŋolu to, a sarita santo ko, “I be muŋ ne ke la nte la, Yeesu, Alla Mansa Tallaa Dinkewo? Ŋa i daani, kana n toora.” 29 A ye ñiŋ fo le, kaatu Yeesu ye seetaani jawoo yaamari ka finti a kono. Waati jamaa seetaani jawoo ka ñiŋ kewo boyindi le fo ì ka a kanta, ì ka a siti neejoloolu niŋ kutiŋolu la, bari a ka wolu kuntu le. Seetaani jawoo naata a bayi dulaa kiideeriŋo to.
30 Yeesu naata a ñininkaa ko, “Ite too ndii?” A ko, “N too mu ‘Jamaa’ le ti.” A ye wo fo, kaatu seetaani jamaa le be a kono. 31 Aduŋ ì ye Yeesu daani, fo a kana ì bayi dinka dambaloo kono. 32 Wo waatoo la, seewu kooree baa le tarata daañinoo la konko jindaa la jee. Wo to le seetaani jawoolu ye Yeesu daani, fo a si ì bula ka taa ñiŋ seewoolu kono, bituŋ a sonta. 33 Wo to le seetaani jawoolu bota kewo kono ka duŋ seewoolu kono. Aduŋ seewu kooree bee borita ka jii konko jindaa la, ì naata joloŋ baa kono. Ì bee faata jiyo kono jee.
34 Kabiriŋ seewu kantalaalu ye ñiŋ kuwo je, ì borita, ì ye kuwo bee saata saatewo kono, aniŋ a dandaŋolu to. 35 Wo to le moolu naata ka a juubee, meŋ keta. Kabiriŋ ì naata Yeesu kaŋ, ì ye kewo ñiŋ tara siiriŋ Yeesu siŋolu daala, seetaani jawoolu bota meŋ bala. Saayiŋ duŋ feŋolu be a la, aduŋ a sondomoo seyita a ñaama. Bituŋ ì silata. 36 Aduŋ moolu mennu ye a je, ì ye a saata doolu ye, seetaanitoo kendeyaata ñaameŋ. 37 Wo to le Kerasene niŋ a dandanna moolu bee ye Yeesu daani, fo a si bo jee, kaatu ì silata baake le. Bituŋ a dunta kuluŋo kono, a muruta.
38 Wo kewo, seetaani jawoolu bota meŋ bala, a ye Yeesu daani ko, a lafita ka tara a fee. Bari Yeesu ko a ye ko, 39 “Taa i la suwo kono, i ye a fo, Alla ye kuu baa meŋ ke i ye.” Wo to le kewo taata, a ye a fo saatewo bee kono, Yeesu ye kuu baa meŋ ke a ye.
Yayirus dimmusoo niŋ musu kuurantoo
(Matiyu 9:18-26Maaka 5:21-43)40 Kabiriŋ Yeesu muruta, moo jamaa ye a benduŋ, kaatu ì bee le be a batu kaŋ nuŋ. 41 Bituŋ kewo doo naata, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Yayirus. Ate mu diina bendulaa* la maralilaa le ti. A ñoyita Yeesu siŋolu to. A ye a daani, fo a si naa a la buŋo to, 42 kaatu a dimmusu kiliŋo meŋ ye sanji taŋ niŋ fula soto, a be faa kaŋ ne.
Kabiriŋ Yeesu be taa kaŋ Yayirus yaa, moolu ye ñoo ñoriŋ-ñoriŋ a kaŋ. 43 Musoo doo le tarata jee, yeleboŋ kuuraŋo be meŋ na fo sanji taŋ niŋ fula. A ye a la sotofeŋolu bee le duŋ jaaraloo kunna, moo maŋ a kendeyandi noo. 44 Bituŋ a naata Yeesu kooma kafoo kono, a ye Yeesu la waramboo tuloo maa. Wo loo niŋ baroo teema, a la yeleboŋo loota.
45 Wo to le Yeesu ye ñininkaaroo ke ko, “Jumaa le ye m maa?” Kabiriŋ ì bee balanta, Pita ko a ye ko, “M Maarii, moo jamaa le ye i muru, aduŋ ì be ñoo ñoriŋ-ñoriŋ kaŋ i kaŋ!” 46 Bari Yeesu ko, “Moo doo le ye m maa, kaatu ŋa a kalamuta ko, semboo le bota m bala.”
47 Kabiriŋ musoo ye a je ko, a te maabo noo la, a jarajaratoo naata, a ye a faŋ fayi Yeesu siŋolu to. Wo to le a ye a fo moolu bee ñaa la, meŋ ye a tinna a ye a maa, aniŋ a kendeyaata ñaameŋ wo loodulaa to. 48 Bituŋ Yeesu ko a ye ko, “N dimmusoo, i la lannoo le ye i kendeyandi. Taa kayira kono!”
49 Kabiriŋ Yeesu be diyaamu kaŋ, kewo doo naata ka bo maralilaa Yayirus yaa ka a fo a ye ko, “I dimmusoo faata le. Kana karammoo batandi kotenke.” 50 Kabiriŋ Yeesu ye a moyi, a ko Yayirus ye ko, “Kana sila, laa doroŋ, aduŋ a be kendeyaa la le.”
51 Kabiriŋ Yeesu futata buŋo to, a maŋ soŋ, hani moo kiliŋ ye duŋ jee, fo Pita, Yohana, Yankuba aniŋ sunkutundiŋo faamaa niŋ a baamaa. 52 Moolu bee be kumboo niŋ woosiyo la sunkutoo la kuwo kamma la, bari Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Ali kana kumboo! A maŋ faa, a be siinoo le la.” 53 Bituŋ ì naata jele a la, kaatu ì ye a loŋ ne ko, a faata le. 54 Bari Yeesu ye a buloo muta, a ye a kumandi ko, “Sunkutoo, wuli!” 55 Bituŋ a niyo muruta a kaŋ, wo loo niŋ baroo teema a wulita. Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì yaamari ka domoroo dii a la. 56 A wuluulaalu kaawata baake, bari Yeesu ye ì dandalaa baake ko, ì kana a saata moo ye, meŋ keta.
