007:049 Then the other guests began to say to themselves, "Who can
this man be who even forgives sins?"
007:050 But He said to the woman, "Your faith has cured you:
go, and be at peace."
008:001 Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village
after village, proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News
of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
008:002 and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits
and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven
demons had come,
008:003 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna,
and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support
of Jesus and His Apostles.
008:004 And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions
from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.
008:005 "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows,
some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon,
or the birds of the air come and peck it up.
008:006 Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it
withers away for want of moisture.
008:007 Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up
with it and stifle it.
008:008 But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and
yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking,
He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears
to listen with!"
008:009 The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.
008:010 "To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets
of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables,
in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear