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Demons Driven Out by Jesus

¹ They^(C1) came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.^{(F1) 2} As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean^(C1) spirit^(C2) came out of the tombs^(C3) and met him. ³ He lived in the tombs,^(C1) and no one was able to restrain him anymore—not even with a chain^(C2)— ⁴ because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed^(C1) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue^(C2) him. ⁵ Night^(C1) and day among the tombs^(C2) and on the mountains,^(C3) he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. ⁷ And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son^(C1) of the Most High God?^(C2) I beg you before God, don’t torment^(C3) me!” ⁸ For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean

⁹ “What is your name?”

“My name is Legion,”^(C1) he answered him, “because we are many.” ¹⁰ And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

¹¹ A large herd of pigs^(C1) was there, feeding^(C2) on the hillside. ¹² The demons^(F1) begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.” ¹³ So he gave them permission, and the unclean^(C1) spirits^(C2) came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

¹⁴ The men who tended them^(F1) ran off^(C1) and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. ¹⁵ They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed,^(C1)(C2) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind;^(C3) and they were afraid.^{(C4) 16} Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed^(C1) man and told about the pigs. ¹⁷ Then they began to beg him to leave their region.

¹⁸ As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him. ¹⁹ Jesus did not let him but told him, “Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord²⁰ So he went out and began to proclaim^(C1) in the Decapolis^(C2) how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.^(C3)

A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

²¹ When^(C1) Jesus had crossed over again by boat^(F1) to the other side, a large crowd^(C2) gathered around him while he was by the sea. ²² One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,^(C1) came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet^{(C2) 23} and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on^(C1) her so that she can get well^(F1)(C2) and live.” ²⁴ So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

²⁵ Now a woman suffering from bleeding^(C1) for twelve years ²⁶ had endured^(C1) much under many doctors.^(C2) She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. ²⁷ Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched^(C1) his clothing.^{(C2) 28} For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.”^{(C1) 29} Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed^(C1) of her affliction.

³⁰ At once Jesus realized in himself that power^(C1) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd^(C2) and said, “Who touched my clothes?”

³¹ His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’

³² But he was looking around to see who had done this. ³³ The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down^(C1) before him, and told him the whole truth.^{(C2) 34} “Daughter,”

³⁵ While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher^(C1) anymore?”

³⁶ When Jesus overheard^(F1) what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid.³⁷ He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter,^(C1) James,^(C2) and John,^(C3) James’s brother. ³⁸ They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹ He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping?⁴⁰ They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,^(C1) mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. ⁴¹ Then he took the child^(C1) by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”⁴² Immediately the girl got up^(C1) and began to walk.^(C2) (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.^{(C3) 43} Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this^(C1) and told them to give her something to eat.