What Jesus Did

Then [Jesus sent the twelve disciples] out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. "Take nothing for your journey," he instructed them. "Don't take a walking stick, a traveler's bag, food, money, or even a change of clothes. Wherever you go, stay in the same house until you leave town. And if a town refuses to welcome you, shake its dust from your feet as you leave to show that you have abandoned those people to their fate."

—Luke 9:2-5 NLT

Key Thought​

...

 

Then Jesus took [the dead girl] by the hand and said in a loud voice, "My child, get up!" And at that moment her life returned, and she immediately stood up! Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. Her parents were overwhelmed, but Jesus insisted that they not tell anyone what had happened.

—Luke 8:54-56 NLT

Key Thought​

I had a good friend who lost his hearing when he was just a boy. He talked about the next words he would ever hear. At the coming of the Lord, Jesus...

 

One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

—Luke 9:1-2 NLT

Key Thought​

Power, or "the right and authority to powerfully act" as the Greek word more appropriately means, is something that belongs to Jesus. It is his because of his work in creating and sustaining the universe. It is his because of his...

 

When they arrived at [###'] house, Jesus wouldn't let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, James, and the little girl's father and mother. The house was filled with people weeping and wailing, but he said, "Stop the weeping! She isn't dead; she's only asleep."
But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.

—Luke 8:51-53 NLT

Key Thought​

The miracle that is described in the verses that follow is witnessed by just a few well-chosen people — mom, dad...

 

While [Jesus] was still speaking to [the woman who had been healed by touching his robe], a messenger arrived from the home of [###], the leader of the synagogue. He told him, "Your daughter is dead. There's no use troubling the Teacher now."
But when Jesus heard what had happened, he said to [###], "Don't be afraid. Just have faith, and she will be healed."

—Luke 8:49-50 NLT

Key Thought​

For nearly all of us, a time of crisis will descend, and everything we hold dear will appear...

 

Coming up behind Jesus, [the woman who had constant bleeding for twelve years] touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.
"Who touched me?" Jesus asked.

Everyone denied it, and Peter said, "Master, this whole crowd is pressing up against you."

But Jesus said, "Someone deliberately touched me, for I felt healing power go out from me." When the woman realized that she could not stay hidden, she began to tremble and fell to her knees in front of him. The whole crowd...

 

A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding, and she could find no cure. Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.

—Luke 8:43-44 NLT

Key Thought​

Jairus, who is mentioned in the previous verses, [1] wasn't the only person desperate for Jesus' help. A woman was equally despairing. Jairus was the ruler of the synagogue, was financially secure, and could have had many who would plead his case for...

 

On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him. Then a man named ###, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet, pleading with him to come home with him. His only daughter, who was about ### years old, was dying.
As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds.

—Luke 8:40-42 NLT

Key Thought​

Jesus was on the east side of the Sea of Galilee when he cast the demons out of the man, and they went into the...

 

The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him home, saying, "No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you." So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.

—Luke 8:38-39 NLT

Key Thought​

Unlike so many others to whom Jesus gives the opposite instruction, Jesus commands this man from whom he had cast out a legion of demons to go tell what happened in his life. Why command...

 

When the herdsmen saw [Jesus cast the demons out of the man and they went into the pigs, the herdsmen] fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened. A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been freed from the demons. He was sitting at Jesus' feet, fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid. Then those who had seen what happened told the others how the...