Lu 8:4
8:4 {1} And when much people were gathered together, and were
    come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

 (1) The same gospel is sown everywhere, but does not everywhere
     yield the same fruit, and this is only due to the fault of
     men themselves.

Lu 8:10
8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the {a} mysteries
     of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that
     seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not
     understand.

     (a) Those things are called secret which may not be
         uttered: for the word used here is equivalent to our
         saying, "to hold a man's peace".

Lu 8:14
8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they
     have heard, {b} go forth, and are choked with cares and
     riches and pleasures of [this] life, and {c} bring no fruit
     to perfection.

     (b) That is, as soon as they have heard the word, they go
         about their business.
     (c) They do not bring forth perfect and full fruit to the
         ripening: or, they begin, but they do not bring to an
         end.

Lu 8:15
8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an {d}
     honest and good heart, having heard the word, {e} keep
     [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.

     (d) Who seek not only to seem to be such, but are indeed
         so: so that this word "honest" refers to the
         outward life, and the word "good" refers to the good
         gifts of the mind.
     (e) With much difficulty, for the devil and the flesh fight
         against the Spirit of God, who is a new guest.

Lu 8:16
8:16 {2} No man, when he hath lighted a candle, 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.

 (2) That which every man has received in private he ought
     to bestow to the use and profit of all men.

Lu 8:18
8:18 {3} Take {f} heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever
     hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from
     him shall be taken even that {g} which he seemeth to have.

 (3) Heavenly gifts are lost when one is sparing with them, and
     increase when one is liberal with them.
     (f) That is, with what minds you come to hear the word, and
         how you behave yourselves when you have heard it.
     (g) Either to himself, or to others, or to both: for there
         are none so proud as these fellows, if it were possible
         to see those things which they disguise: neither are
         there those that deceive the simple more than they do.

Lu 8:19
8:19 {4} Then came to him [his] mother and his brethren, and
     could not come at him for the press.

 (4) There is no relationship of flesh and blood among men so
     intimate and upright as the band which is between Christ
     and those who embrace him with a true faith.

Lu 8:22
8:22 {5} 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.

 (5) It is expedient for us sometimes to come into extreme
     danger, as though Christ was not with us, that we may have
     a better test, both of his power, and also of our weakness.

Lu 8:23
8:23 But as they sailed he fell {h} asleep: and there came down
     a storm of wind on the lake; and {i} they were filled [with
     water], and were in jeopardy.

     (h) Jesus fell asleep, and it appears that he was very fast
         asleep, because they called him twice before he awoke.
     (i) Not the disciples, but the ship.

Lu 8:27
8:27 {6} 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.

 (6) Christ shows by casting out a legion of demons by his word
     alone that his heavenly power was appointed to deliver men
     from the slavery of the devil: but foolish men for the most
     part will not redeem this so excellent grace freely offered
     unto them if it means the loss of even the least of their
     wealth.

Lu 8:29
8:29 (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,
     {k} and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

     (k) By force and violence, as a horse when he is spurred.

Lu 8:39
8:39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God
     hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published {l}
     throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done
     unto him.

     (l) That is, the city of the Gadarenes: and though Mark
         says that he preached it in Decapolis, these accounts
         do not differ, for Pliny records in lib. 5, chap. 18,
         that Gadara is a town of Decapolis: so that Decapolis
         was partly on this side of Jordan, and partly on the
         other side.

Lu 8:40
8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the
     people {m} [gladly] received him: for they were all waiting
     for him.

     (m) The multitude was glad he had come again, and greatly
         rejoiced.

Lu 8:41
8:41 {7} And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, 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:

 (7) Christ shows by a double miracle that he is Lord both of
     life and death.

Lu 8:43
8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which
     had spent all her {n} living upon physicians, neither could
     be healed of any,

     (n) All that she had to live upon.

Lu 8:52
8:52 And all wept, and {o} bewailed her: but he said, Weep not;
     she is not dead, but sleepeth.

     (o) The word signifies to beat and strike, and is used in
         the mournings and lamentations that are at burials, at
         which times men used this type of behaviour.

Lu 8:55
8:55 And her spirit came again, and she {p} arose straightway:
     and he commanded to give her meat.

     (p) The corpse was lying there, and then the young girl
         received life, and rose out of the bed, that all the
         world might see that she was not only restored to life,
         but also void of all sickness.