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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 8
Jesus gives and interprets the parable of the sower—He stills the
tempest; casts out a legion of devils, who then enter the swine; heals a
woman of an issue of blood; and raises Jairus' daughter from death.
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1 AND it came to pass
afterward, that he went throughout every acity and
village, preachinga and shewing the
glad btidings of the kingdom of God: cand
the twelve were with him,
2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil
spirits and infirmities, aMary 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.
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1a he went throughout every city and
village, preaching While the gospels seem to emphasize more the
works of Jesus, it needs be noted that his ministry was a serious gospel
ministry to gather much fruit of the harvest of the early Christian Church.
And it ought to be further noted, that though his indepth teachings, such as
that gospel message of the Sermon on the Mount, was but presented the once
as a sermon, that his preaching of the gospel of the kingdom would have so
repeated it over and over again as the Doctrinal Message of the Messiah in
all these cities and villages. And as the Book of Mormon account of that
sermon reveals, it was very much a doctrinal lesson unto conversion, with
baptism into the faith as coming unto Christ as so set out from the
commencement of the sermon (see 3 Nephi 12:1-3).
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1a
D&C 128:20;
2a
Mark 9:2 (2-13);
Luke 9:29 (28-36);
John 1:14;
2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19);
TG
Jesus Christ, Glory of;
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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.
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1a
D&C 128:20;
2a
Mark 9:2 (2-13);
Luke 9:29 (28-36);
John 1:14;
2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19);
TG
Jesus Christ, Glory of;
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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.
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1a
D&C 128:20;
2a
Mark 9:2 (2-13);
Luke 9:29 (28-36);
John 1:14;
2 Pet. 1:16 (16-19);
TG
Jesus Christ, Glory of;
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9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the
amysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in
bparables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they
might not cunderstand.
11 Now the parable is this: The
aseed is the word of
Goda.
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11a The seed is the word of God
And that 'Word' was preached by the Lord God Jehovah as the Son of the Father
in the pre-mortal existance from the beginning (see JST John 1:1). It was the
plan of God unto salvation. It was after that order of the gospel sermon
which Jesus taught in his mortal ministry as well as to others he visited
such as the Nephites in America. In tha sermon it is well seen that is was
a sermon unto conversion by baptism into the gospel and the receiving of
the gospel of perfection (see Matthew 5 and especically 3 Nephi 12,
particularly the first three verses of 3 Nephi 12:1-3, as this establishes
the true nature of the sermon unto the conversion of the people to come unto
the Lord and be baptised into the kingdom; the path being mark by what then
after follows.)
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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 atemptation fall away.
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14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which,
when they have heard, go forth, and are achoked with
bcares and criches and
dpleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to
eperfection.
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an
ahonest and good bheart, having heard the
word, keep it, and bring forth cfruit with
patience.
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16 ¶ No man, when he hath lighted a
acandle, 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 asecret, 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
ahath, to him shall be bgiven; and
whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to
have.
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19 ¶ Then came to him his mother and his
abrethren, and could not come at him for the
bpress.
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
amother and my brethren are these which hear the word of
God, and bdo it.
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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; aand they were filled
with water, and were in jeopardy.
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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 awinds and water, and
they obey him.
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26 ¶ And they arrived at the country of the
Gadarenes, which is aover 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.
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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,
aJesus, 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.)
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30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And
he said, aLegion: because many devils were entered into
him.
31 And they besought him that he would not command
them to go out into the adeep.
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.
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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.
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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
apublished throughout the whole city how great things Jesus
had done unto him.
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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
aJairus, 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.
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43 ¶ And a woman having an issue of
ablood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon
physicians, neither could be healed of any,
44 Came behind him, and touched the
aborder of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood
bstanched.
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 avirtue is gone out of me.
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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
ahealed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good
acomfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
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49 ¶ While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no
man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother
of the amaiden.
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52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
53 And they alaughed him to scorn,
knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.
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55 And her spirit came again, and she arose
straightwaya: and he commanded to
give her meat.
56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.
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55a And her spirit came again, and she
arose straightway Jarius daughter was dead. Her spirit had left
her body. The body was lifeless. Jesus had the power to call her spirit back
into her body, which he did. And the girl's spirit obeyed, thus returning to
its body and by the power of the Lord, it was joined again as a living soul,
spirit within the temporal tabernacle. This ought to bring men unto the
understanding of the relationship to the body and the spirit that dwells
within it, that they are separate yet joined to gether in this mortal life.
For there is a spirit which has come from God, which the Lord has placed in
the tabernacles which have been designed for man's mortal existance. And
death is the separation of that spirit from its body. Of course, the Lord's
ministration must have also been to the end that whatever caused the death
of the girl, was cured in her body in order that her spirit might return to
that body and live.
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