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Mateo 8

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1 At nang siya'y bumaba mula sa bundok, ay sinundan siya ng lubhang maraming tao.

2 At narito, lumapit sa kaniya ang isang ketongin, at siya'y sinamba, na nagsasabi, Panginoon, kung ibig mo, ay maaaring malinis mo ako.

3 At iniunat niya ang kaniyang kamay, at siya'y hinipo, na nagsasabi, Ibig ko; luminis ka. At pagdaka'y nalinis ang kaniyang ketong.

4 At sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, Ingatan mong huwag sabihin kanino man; kundi humayo ka, pakita ka sa saserdote, at ihandog mo ang alay na ipinagutos ni Moises, na bilang patotoo sa kanila.

5 At pagpasok niya sa Capernaum, ay lumapit sa kaniya ang isang senturion, na sa kaniya'y namanhik,

6 At nagsasabi, Panginoon, ang aking alila ay nararatay sa bahay, lumpo, at lubhang nahihirapan.

7 At sinabi niya sa kaniya, Paroroon ako, at siya'y aking pagagalingin.

8 At sumagot ang senturion at sinabi, Panginoon, hindi ako karapat-dapat na ikaw ay pumasok sa ilalim ng aking bubungan; datapuwa't sabihin mo lamang ang salita, at gagaling ang aking alila.

9 Sapagka't ako rin naman ay taong nasa ilalim ng kapamahalaan, na may nasasakupan akong mga kawal: at sinasabi ko rito, Yumaon ka, at siya'y yumayaon; at sa isa, Halika, at siya'y lumalapit; at sa aking alipin, Gawin mo ito, at kaniyang ginagawa.

10 At nang marinig ito ni Jesus, ay nagtaka siya, at sinabi sa nagsisisunod, Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, na kahit sa Israel man, ay hindi ako nakasumpong ng ganito kalaking pananampalataya.

11 At sinabi ko sa inyo, na marami ang magsisipanggaling sa silanganan at sa kalunuran, at magsisiupong kasama ni Abraham, at ni Isaac, at ni Jacob, sa kaharian ng langit:

12 Datapuwa't ang mga anak ng kaharian ay pawang itatapon sa kadiliman sa labas: diyan na nga ang pagtangis at pagngangalit ng mga ngipin.

13 At sinabi ni Jesus sa senturion, Humayo ka ng iyong lakad; at ayon sa iyong pagsampalataya, ay gayon ang sa iyo'y mangyari. At gumaling ang kaniyang alila sa oras ding yaon.

14 At nang pumasok si Jesus sa bahay ni Pedro, ay nakita niya ang biyanang babae nito na nararatay dahil sa lagnat.

15 At hinipo ang kaniyang kamay, at inibsan siya ng lagnat; at siya'y nagbangon, at naglingkod sa kaniya.

16 At nang kinahapunan, ay dinala nila sa kaniya ang maraming inaalihan ng demonio: at pinalayas niya sa isang salita ang masasamang espiritu at pinagaling ang lahat ng mga may sakit:

17 Upang matupad ang sinabi sa pamamagitan ng propeta Isaias, na nagsasabi, Siya rin ang kumuha ng ating mga sakit, at nagdala ng ating mga karamdaman.

18 Nang makita nga ni Jesus ang lubhang maraming tao sa palibot niya, ay ipinagutos niyang tumawid sa kabilang ibayo.

19 At lumapit ang isang eskriba, at sa kaniya'y nagsabi, Guro, susunod ako sa iyo saan ka man pumaroon.

20 At sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, May mga lungga ang mga zorra, at may mga pugad ang mga ibon sa langit; datapuwa't ang Anak ng tao ay walang kahiligan ang kaniyang ulo.

21 At ang isa naman sa kaniyang mga alagad ay nagsabi sa kaniya, Panginoon, tulutan mo muna akong makauwi at mailibing ko ang aking ama.

22 Datapuwa't sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus, Sumunod ka sa akin; at pabayaan mong ilibing ng mga patay ang kanilang sariling mga patay.

23 At pagkalulan niya sa isang daong, ay sinundan siya ng kaniyang mga alagad.

24 At narito, bumangon ang isang malakas na bagyo sa dagat, na ano pa't inaapawan ang daong ng mga alon: datapuwa't siya'y natutulog.

25 At nagsilapit sila sa kaniya, at siya'y ginising, na sinasabi, Panginoon, iligtas mo kami; kami'y mangamamatay.

26 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Bakit kayo'y nangatatakot, Oh kayong kakaunti ang pananampalataya? Nang magkagayo'y nagbangon siya, at sinaway ang mga hangin at ang dagat; at humusay na totoo ang panahon.

27 At ang mga tao ay nangagtaka, na sinasabi, Anong tao ito, na maging ang mga hangin at ang mga dagat ay nagsisitalima sa kaniya?

28 At nang siya'y makarating sa kabilang ibayo sa lupain ng mga Gadareno, ay sinalubong siya ng dalawang inaalihan ng mga demonio na nagsisilabas sa mga libingan, na totoong mababangis, na ano pa't sinoma'y walang makapagdaan sa daang yaon.

29 At narito, sila'y nagsisigaw, na nangagsasabi, Anong aming ipakikialam sa iyo, ikaw na Anak ng Dios? naparito ka baga upang kami'y iyong pahirapan bago dumating ang kapanahunan?

30 Sa malayo sa kanila ay may isang kawan ng maraming baboy na nagsisipanginain.

31 At namanhik sa kaniya ang mga demonio, na nangagsasabi, Kung kami'y palalayasin mo, ay paparoonin mo kami sa kawan ng mga baboy.

32 At sinabi niya sa kanila, Magsiparoon kayo. At sila'y nagsilabas, at nagsipasok sa mga baboy: at narito, ang buong kawan ng mga baboy ay nangapadaluhong sa bangin hanggang sa dagat, at nangamatay sa tubig.

33 At nagsitakas ang mga tagapagalaga ng mga yaon, at nagsitungo sa bayan, at sinabi ang lahat ng mga nangyari, at ang kinahinatnan ng mga inalihan ng mga demonio.

34 At narito, lumabas ang buong bayan upang sumalubong kay Jesus: at pagkakita nila sa kaniya, ay pinamanhikan siyang umalis sa kanilang mga hangganan.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 586

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586. That they should not adore demons, signifies that they should not worship their own cupidities. This is evident from the signification of "to adore," as being to worship, and from the signification of "demons," as being evil cupidities. "Demons" are evil cupidities because by demons infernal spirits are meant, and all spirits that are in the hells are nothing but evil cupidities; for all spirits that are in the hells, as well as all angels in the heavens, are from the human race; and every man after death becomes such as his life has been in the world, consequently such as his affection has been; therefore after death man is wholly his affection, a good man the affection of good and truth, and an evil man the affection of evil and falsity. Moreover, every man after death thinks, wills, speaks, and acts in accordance with his affection. The affection of evil and falsity is what is called cupidity, and is what is signified by "demon. "

[2] But what is meant by "worshiping demons" shall also be told briefly. Every man is associated with spirits; without association and conjunction with them no one can live; and the spirits with man are such as his affections or cupidities are; therefore when man in his worship does not look to the Lord or to the neighbor, but looks to himself and to the world, that is, when he worships God for the sole end of being carried to honors, and of gaining wealth, or of being able to do injury to others, then he worships demons; for then the Lord is not present in his worship, but infernal spirits are present, who are closely associated with him. These spirits are so insane as to believe that they are gods, and that they are to be worshiped; for every spirit, as well as every man, who is in the love of self, is eager to be worshiped as a god; consequently this insane cupidity continues with men after death, when they become demon-spirits; and this is what is signified by "adoring demons."

[3] This worship is meant also by "sacrificing to demons." In Moses:

They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they made Him angry. They sacrificed to demons that were not God, to gods that they knew not (Deuteronomy 32:16, 17).

The sons of Israel shall sacrifice at the entrance of the tent, and they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto demons, after whom they go whoring (Leviticus 17:7).

The sacrifices that were offered at the entrance of the tent represented the worship of the Lord, because the altar, and also the tabernacle, represented heaven where the Lord is present; but the sacrifices that were offered elsewhere represented worship where the Lord is not present, thus the worship of demons; this was because all things at that time were representative.

[4] In David:

They sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons (Psalms 106:37).

This was altogether infernal; but in the spiritual sense "to sacrifice sons and daughters" signified to pervert and destroy the truths and goods of the church by evil cupidities; "sons" signifying the truths of the church, and "daughters" its goods.

[5] In Isaiah:

The tziim shall encounter the ijim, and the demon of the wood shall meet his fellow, the night-monster shall also settle there and find for itself rest (Isaiah 34:14).

This treats of the total devastation of the church by corporeal and merely natural lusts, from which flow forth falsities and evils of every kind; such lusts are signified by "the tziim and the ijim," also by "the night-monster, and the demon of the wood" (or satyr).

[6] So elsewhere in the same:

The tziim shall sing 1 there, and their houses shall be full of ochim, and the daughters of the owl shall dwell there, and the demons of the wood shall dance there (Isaiah 13:21).

This is said of Babylon; that there are such corporeal and purely natural lusts with those who are meant by Babylon, and that these constitute the life of their mind is signified by "their houses shall be full of such things," and "they shall dwell and dance there." "House" signifies the mind or disposition of man, with the things therein; "daughters of the owl" signify falsities, and "demons of the wood" (or satyrs) cupidities merely corporeal. Like things are said of Babylon in Revelation:

Babylon is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird (Revelation 18:2).

The demons cast out by the Lord, by which many were then obsessed, signify falsities of every kind by which the church was infested, and from which it was delivered by the Lord (as in Matthew 8:16, 28; 9:32, 33; 10:8; 12:22; 15:22; Mark 1:32-34; Luke 4:33-38, 41; 8:2, 26-40; 9:1, 37-44, 49, 50; 13:32; and elsewhere).

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1. Latin has "sing," the Hebrew "lie," as also in AE 1029; AR 548, 757.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.