Women Who Accompanied Jesus
1 Some time later Jesus traveled through towns and villages, preaching the Good News about the Kingdom of God. The twelve disciples went with him, 2 and so did some women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (who was called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had been driven out; 3 Joanna, whose husband Chuza was an officer in Herod's court; and Susanna, and many other women who used their own resources to help Jesus and his disciples.
The Parable of the Sower
(Matthew 13.1-9Mark 4.1-9)4 People kept coming to Jesus from one town after another; and when a great crowd gathered, Jesus told this parable:
5 “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some of it fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted, they dried up because the soil had no moisture. 7 Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up with the plants and choked them. 8 And some seeds fell in good soil; the plants grew and bore grain, one hundred grains each.”
And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”
The Purpose of the Parables
(Matthew 13.10-17Mark 4.10-12)9 His disciples asked Jesus what this parable meant, 10 and he answered, “The knowledge of the secrets of the Kingdom of God has been given to you, but to the rest it comes by means of parables, so that they may look but not see, and listen but not understand.
Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower
(Matthew 13.18-23Mark 4.13-20)11 “This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God. 12 The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear; but the Devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts in order to keep them from believing and being saved. 13 The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away. 14 The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear; but the worries and riches and pleasures of this life crowd in and choke them, and their fruit never ripens. 15 The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.
A Lamp under a Bowl
(Mark 4.21-25)16 “No one lights a lamp and covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, it is put on the lampstand, so that people will see the light as they come in.
17 “Whatever is hidden away will be brought out into the open, and whatever is covered up will be found and brought to light.
18 “Be careful, then, how you listen; because those who have something will be given more, but whoever has nothing will have taken away from them even the little they think they have.”
Jesus' Mother and Brothers
(Matthew 12.46-50Mark 3.31-35)19 Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd. 20 Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.”
21 Jesus said to them all, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Jesus Calms a Storm
(Matthew 8.23-27Mark 4.35-41)22 One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they started out. 23 As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Suddenly a strong wind blew down on the lake, and the boat began to fill with water, so that they were all in great danger. 24 The disciples went to Jesus and woke him up, saying, “Master, Master! We are about to die!”
Jesus got up and gave an order to the wind and to the stormy water; they quieted down, and there was a great calm. 25 Then he said to the disciples, “Where is your faith?”
But they were amazed and afraid, and said to one another, “Who is this man? He gives orders to the winds and waves, and they obey him!”
Jesus Heals a Man with Demons
(Matthew 8.28-34Mark 5.1-20)26 Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of Gerasa, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27 As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves. 28 When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!” 29 He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert.
30 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is ‘Mob,’” he answered—because many demons had gone into him. 31 The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.
32 There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them. 33 They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.
34 The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the farms. 35 People went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid. 36 Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been cured. 37 Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, “Let me go with you.”
But Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 “Go back home and tell what God has done for you.”
The man went through the town, telling what Jesus had done for him.
Jairus' Daughter and the Woman Who Touched Jesus' Cloak
(Matthew 9.18-26Mark 5.21-43)40 When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the people welcomed him, because they had all been waiting for him. 41 Then a man named Jairus arrived; he was an official in the local synagogue. He threw himself down at Jesus' feet and begged him to go to his home, 42 because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying.
As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side. 43 Among them was a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years; she had spent all she had on doctors, but no one had been able to cure her. 44 She came up in the crowd behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once. 45 Jesus asked, “Who touched me?”
Everyone denied it, and Peter said, “Master, the people are all around you and crowding in on you.”
46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me.” 47 The woman saw that she had been found out, so she came trembling and threw herself at Jesus' feet. There in front of everybody, she told him why she had touched him and how she had been healed at once. 48 Jesus said to her, “My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
49 While Jesus was saying this, a messenger came from the official's house. “Your daughter has died,” he told Jairus; “don't bother the Teacher any longer.”
50 But Jesus heard it and said to Jairus, “Don't be afraid; only believe, and she will be well.”
51 When he arrived at the house, he would not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother. 52 Everyone there was crying and mourning for the child. Jesus said, “Don't cry; the child is not dead—she is only sleeping!”
53 They all made fun of him, because they knew that she was dead. 54 But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Get up, child!” 55 Her life returned, and she got up at once, and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat. 56 Her parents were astounded, but Jesus commanded 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.
