Chapter 5
1 They came to the other side of the sea , into the country of the Gadarenes.
2 When he had come out of the boat , immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs .
3 He lived in the tombs . Nobody could bind him any more , not even with chains ,
4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains , and the chains had been torn apart by him , and the fetters broken in pieces . Nobody had the strength to tame him .
5 Always , night and day , in the tombs and in the mountains , he was crying out , and cutting himself with stones .
6 When he saw Jesus from afar , he ran and bowed down to him ,
7 and crying out with a loud voice , he said , " What have I to do with you , Jesus , you Son of the Most High God ? I adjure you by God , don’ t torment me ."
8 For he said to him , " Come out of the man, you unclean spirit !"
9 He asked him , " What is your name ?" He said to him , " My name is Legion , for we are many ."
10 He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country .
11 Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding .
12 All the demons begged him , saying , " Send us into the pigs , that we may enter into them ."
13 At once Jesus gave them permission . The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs . The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea , and they were drowned in the sea .
14 Those who fed the pigs fled , and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened .
15 They came to Jesus , and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting , clothed , and in his right mind , even him who had the legion ; and they were afraid .
16 Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs .
17 They began to beg him to depart from their region .
18 As he was entering into the boat , he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him .
19 He didn’ t allow him , but said to him , " Go to your house , to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you ."
20 He went his way , and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him , and everyone marvelled .
21 When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side , a great multitude was gathered to him ; and he was by the sea .
22 Behold , one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name , came ; and seeing him , he fell at his feet
23 and begged him much , saying , " My little daughter is at the point of death . Please come and lay your hands on her , that she may be made healthy, and live ."
24 He went with him , and a great multitude followed him , and they pressed upon him on all sides.
25 A certain woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years ,
26 and had suffered many things by many physicians , and had spent all that she had , and was no better , but rather grew worse ,
27 having heard the things concerning Jesus , came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes .
28 For she said , " If I just touch his clothes , I will be made well ."
29 Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up , and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction .
30 Immediately Jesus , perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him , turned around in the crowd and asked , " Who touched my clothes ?"
31 His disciples said to him , " You see the multitude pressing against you , and you say , ‘ Who touched me ?’"
32 He looked around to see her who had done this thing .
33 But the woman , fearing and trembling , knowing what had been done to her , came and fell down before him , and told him all the truth.
34 He said to her , " Daughter , your faith has made you well . Go in peace , and be cured of your disease ."
35 While he was still speaking , people came from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying , " Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more ?"
36 But Jesus , when he heard the message spoken , immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don’ t be afraid , only believe ."
37 He allowed no one to follow him except Peter , James , and John the brother of James .
38 He came to the synagogue ruler’s house , and he saw an uproar , weeping , and great wailing .
39 When he had entered in , he said to them , " Why do you make an uproar and weep ? The child is not dead, but is asleep ."
40 They ridiculed him . But he , having put them all out , took the father of the child , her mother , and those who were with him , and went in where the child was lying.
41 Taking the child by the hand , he said to her , " Talitha cumi !" which means , being interpreted , " Girl , I tell you , get up !"
42 Immediately the girl rose up and walked , for she was twelve years old . They were amazed with great amazement .
43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this , and commanded that something should be given to her to eat .