The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament (73 page)

The True Kindred of Jesus

19
 Then his mother and his brethren
 
*
came to him, but they could not reach him for the crowd.
²⁰
And he was told, "Your mother and your brethren are standing outside, desiring to see you."
²¹
But he said to them, "My mother and
my brethren
are those who hear the word of God and do it."

Jesus Calms a Storm on the Sea

22
 
One day
he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out,
²³
and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in danger.
²⁴
And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and there was a calm.
²⁵
He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "
Who then is this
, that he commands even wind and water, and they obey him?"

Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac

26
 Then they arrived at the country of the
Ger'asenes
,
^a
which is opposite Galilee.
²⁷
And as he stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons; for a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but among the tombs.
²⁸
When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me."
²⁹
For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him; he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and shackles, but he broke the bonds and was driven by the demon into the desert.)
³⁰
Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "
Legion
"; for many demons had entered him.
³¹
And they begged him not to command them to depart into
the abyss
.
³²
Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them leave.
³³
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

34
 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.
³⁵
Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting
at the feet of Jesus
, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
³⁶
And those who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was healed.
³⁷
Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Ger'asenes
^a
asked him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear; so he got into the boat and returned.
³⁸
The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but he sent him away, saying,
³⁹
"
Return to your home
, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.
 
*

A Girl Restored to Life anda Woman Healed

40
 
Now when Jesus returned
, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
⁴¹
And there came a man named Ja'irus, who was a
ruler of the synagogue
; and falling at Jesus' feet he begged him to come to his house,
⁴²
for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying.

As he went, the people pressed round him.
⁴³
And a woman who had had
a flow of blood
for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians
^b
and could not be healed by any one,
⁴⁴
came up behind him, and touched
the fringe of his garment
; and immediately her flow of blood ceased.
⁴⁵
And Jesus said, "Who was it that touched me?" When all denied it, Peter
^c
said, "Master, the multitudes surround you and press upon you!"
⁴⁶
But Jesus said, "Some one touched me; for I perceive that power has gone forth from me."
⁴⁷
And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.
⁴⁸
And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace."

49
 While he was still speaking, a man from the ruler's house came and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more."
⁵⁰
But Jesus on hearing this answered him, "Do not fear; only believe, and she shall be well."
⁵¹
And when he came to the house, he permitted no one to enter with him, except
Peter and John and James
, and the father and mother of the child.
⁵²
And all were weeping and bewailing her; but he said, "Do not weep; for
she is not dead
but sleeping."
⁵³
And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.
⁵⁴
But taking her by the hand he called, saying, "Child, arise."
⁵⁵
And her spirit returned, and she got up at once; and he directed that something should be given her to eat.
⁵⁶
And her parents were amazed; but he charged them to tell no one what had happened.

The Mission of the Twelve

9
  And he called the Twelve together and
gave them power
and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
²
and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal.
³
And he said to them, "
Take nothing
for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics.
⁴
And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart.
⁵
And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town
shake off the dust
from your feet as a testimony against them."
⁶
And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

Herod's Perplexity

7
 Now
Herod the tetrarch
heard of all that was done, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
⁸
by some that Eli'jah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen.
⁹
Herod said, "John I beheaded; but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And
he sought to see him
.

Feeding the Five Thousand

10
 On their return the apostles told him what they had done.
And he took them
and withdrew apart to a city called
Beth-sa'ida
.
¹¹
When the crowds learned it, they followed him; and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and cured those who had need of healing.
¹²
Now the day began to wear away; and the Twelve came and said to him, "Send the crowd away, to go into the villages and country round about, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a lonely place."
¹³
But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people."
¹⁴
For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each."
¹⁵
And they did so, and made them all sit down.
¹⁶
And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
¹⁷
And all ate and were satisfied. And they took up what was left over, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Peter's Declaration That JesusIs the Christ

18
 Now it happened that as he was praying alone the disciples were with him; and he asked them, "
Who do the people
say that I am?"
¹⁹
And they answered, "John the Baptist; but others say, Eli'jah; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen."
²⁰
And he said to them, "But
who do you
say that I am?" And Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
²¹
But he charged and commanded them to
tell this to no one
,
²²
saying, "The
Son of man must suffer
many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."

Taking Up One's Cross

23
 And he said to all, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and
take up his cross
daily and follow me.
²⁴
For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.
²⁵
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
²⁶
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he
comes in his glory
and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
²⁷
But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they
see the kingdom
of God."

The Transfiguration

28
 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James, and
went up on the mountain to pray
.
²⁹
And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white.
³⁰
And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Eli'jah,
³¹
who appeared in glory and spoke of his
exodus
, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem.
³²
Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep but kept awake, and they
saw his glory
and the two men who stood with him.
³³
And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Eli'jah"—not knowing what he said.
³⁴
As he said this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.
³⁵
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is
my Son, my Chosen
;
^d
listen to him!"
³⁶
And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silence and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

37
 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.
³⁸
And behold, a man from the crowd cried, "Teacher, I beg you to look upon my son, for he is my only child;
³⁹
and behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out; it convulses him till he foams, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him.
⁴⁰
And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not."
⁴¹
Jesus answered, "O faithless and
perverse generation
, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
⁴²
While he was coming, the demon tore him and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
⁴³
And all were astonished at the majesty of God.

Jesus Again Foretells His Death

But while they were all marveling at everything he did, he said to his disciples,
⁴⁴
"Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men."
⁴⁵
But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.