Mark 5
1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
2 As soon as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came toward him from among the tombs.
3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him anymore, not even with a chain.
4 They had often bound him with shackles and chains, but he tore the chains apart and broke the shackles; no one was strong enough to subdue him.
5 Night and day, he was always among the tombs and on the hills, shouting and cutting himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
7 He shouted loudly, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God: do not torment me.”
8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, impure spirit.”
9 And he asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “My name is Legion, because we are many.”
10 And he begged Jesus earnestly not to send them out of that region.
11 There was a large herd of pigs grazing there near the hillside.
12 The spirits begged him, “Send us into the pigs, so we can enter them.”
13 He allowed them. The impure spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd—about two thousand—rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.
14 Those who tended them ran off and reported what had happened in the town and the countryside. And the people came to see what had happened.
15 They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man—the one who had had the legion—sitting there, dressed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
16 Those who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and about the pigs.
17 Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their territory.
18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him to let him stay with him.
19 Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, “Go home to your own people and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.”
20 He went away and began proclaiming throughout the Decapolis everything Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.
21 When Jesus crossed by boat again to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.
22 One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
23 He begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.”
24 Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed him and pressed against him.
25 There was a woman who had been suffering from a flow of blood for twelve years.
26 She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and spent everything she had, without any benefit; instead, she had grown worse.
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.
28 For she was saying, “If I touch even his clothes, I will be healed.”
29 At once the source of her bleeding dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
30 At once Jesus realized within himself that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
32 But he looked around to see who had done this.
33 The woman, afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace, and be free from your affliction.”
35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher any longer?”
36 Jesus heard what was being said and told the synagogue leader, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
37 He did not let anyone go with him except Peter, James, and John, James’s brother.
38 They came to the synagogue leader’s house, and he saw the commotion, with people weeping and wailing loudly.
39 He went in and said to them, “Why are you making this commotion and weeping? The child has not died; she is sleeping.”
40 They laughed at him. But he put them all outside, took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
41 He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I tell you: get up.”
42 At once the girl got up and began to walk; she was twelve years old. And they were beside themselves with great amazement.
43 He strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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