From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for October 27   
      
   Luke Chapter 8   
      
   1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and   
   village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God:   
   and the twelve were with him,   
      
   2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and   
   infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,   
      
   3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many   
   others, which ministered unto him of their substance.   
      
   4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out   
   of every city, he spake by a parable:   
      
   5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the   
   way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.   
      
   6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it   
   withered away, because it lacked moisture.   
      
   7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and   
   choked it.   
      
   8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an   
   hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath   
   ears to hear, let him hear.   
      
   9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?   
      
   10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the   
   kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not   
   see, and hearing they might not understand.   
      
   11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.   
      
   12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and   
   taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and   
   be saved.   
      
   13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word   
   with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time   
   of temptation fall away.   
      
   14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have   
   heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of   
   this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.   
      
   15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good   
   heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.   
      
   16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or   
   putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which   
   enter in may see the light.   
      
   17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any   
   thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.   
      
   18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be   
   given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which   
   he seemeth to have.   
      
   19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at   
   him for the press.   
      
   20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy   
   brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.   
      
   21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are   
   these which hear the word of God, and do it.   
      
   22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with   
   his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side   
   of the lake. And they launched forth.   
      
   23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of   
   wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.   
      
   24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we   
   perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water:   
   and they ceased, and there was a calm.   
      
   25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid   
   wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he   
   commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.   
      
   26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over   
   against Galilee.   
      
   27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a   
   certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither   
   abode in any house, but in the tombs.   
      
   28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a   
   loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God   
   most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.   
      
   29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For   
   oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in   
   fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the   
   wilderness.)   
      
   30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion:   
   because many devils were entered into him.   
      
   31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into   
   the deep.   
      
   32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain:   
   and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And   
   he suffered them.   
      
   33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and   
   the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.   
      
   34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and   
   told it in the city and in the country.   
      
   35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found   
   the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of   
   Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.   
      
   36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed   
   of the devils was healed.   
      
   37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about   
   besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear:   
   and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.   
      
   38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he   
   might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,   
      
   39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done   
   unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city   
   how great things Jesus had done unto him.   
      
   40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly   
   received him: for they were all waiting for him.   
      
   41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the   
   synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he   
   would come into his house:   
      
   42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay   
   a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.   
      
   43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent   
   all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,   
      
   44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and   
   immediately her issue of blood stanched.   
      
   45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that   
   were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee,   
   and sayest thou, Who touched me?   
      
   46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue   
   is gone out of me.   
      
   47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and   
   falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for   
   what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.   
      
   48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath   
      
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