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The Demon-possessed Man Cured

^1 (C1)They came to the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes.² When He got out of ^(C1)the boat, immediately a man from the tombs ^(C2)with an unclean spirit met Him.³ He lived among the tombs; and no one was able to bind him anymore, not even with a chain,⁴ because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces; and no one was strong enough to subdue him.⁵ Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and cutting himself with stones.⁶ Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;⁷ and shouting with a loud voice, he ^(*)said, "^(F1)(C1)What business do You have with me, Jesus, ^(C2)Son of ^(C3)the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!"⁸ For He had already been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"⁹ And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he ^(*)said to Him, "My name is ^(C1)Legion, for we are many."¹⁰ And he begged Him earnestly not to send them out of the region.¹¹ Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding ^(F1)nearby on the mountain.¹² And the demons begged Him, saying, "Send us into the pigs so that we may enter them."¹³ Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

¹⁴ Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.¹⁵ And then they ^(*)came to Jesus and ^(*)saw the man who had been ^(C1)demon-possessed sitting down, ^(C2)clothed and ^(C3)in his right mind, the very man who had previously had the "^(C4)legion"; and they became frightened.¹⁶ Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the ^(C1)demon-possessed man, and all about the pigs.¹⁷ And they began to ^(C1)beg Him to leave their region.^18 (C1)And as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been ^(C2)demon-possessed was begging Him that he might ^(F1)accompany Him.¹⁹ And He did not let him, but He ^(*)said to him, "^(C1)Go home to your people and report to them ^(F1)what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you."²⁰ And he went away and began to ^(C1)proclaim in ^(C2)Decapolis ^(F1)what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

Miracles and Healing

^21 (C1)When Jesus had crossed over again in ^(C2)the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and He ^(F1)stayed ^(C3)by the seashore.^22 (C1)And one of ^(C2)the synagogue ^(F1)officials, named Jairus, ^(*)came, and upon seeing Him, ^(*)fell at His feet²³ and ^(*)pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and ^(C1)lay Your hands on her, so that she will ^(F1)get well and live."²⁴ And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

²⁵ A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,²⁶ and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but instead had become worse—²⁷ after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His ^(F1)cloak.²⁸ For she had been saying to herself, "If I just touch His garments, I will ^(F1)get well."²⁹ And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her ^(C1)disease.³⁰ And immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that ^(C1)power from Him had gone out, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My garments?"³¹ And His disciples said to Him, "You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'"³² And He looked around to see the woman who had done this.³³ But the woman, fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.³⁴ And He said to her, "Daughter, ^(C1)your faith has ^(F1)made you well; ^(C2)go in peace and be cured of your ^(C3)disease."

³⁵ While He was still speaking, people ^(*)came from the house of the ^(C1)synagogue official, saying, "Your daughter has died; why bother the Teacher further?"³⁶ But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, ^(*)said to the ^(C1)synagogue official, "^(C2)Do not be afraid, only ^(F1)believe."³⁷ And He allowed no one to accompany Him except ^(C1)Peter, ^(F1)James, and John the brother of ^(F1)James.³⁸ They ^(*)came to the house of the ^(C1)synagogue official, and He ^(*)saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing.³⁹ And after entering, He ^(*)said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child has not died, but is asleep."⁴⁰ And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all outside, He ^(*)took along the child's father and mother and His own companions, and ^(*)entered the room where the child was in bed.⁴¹ And taking the child by the hand, He ^(*)said to her, "Talitha, kum!" (which translated means, "Little girl, ^(C1)I say to you, get up!").⁴² And immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astonished.⁴³ And He ^(C1)gave them strict orders that no one was to know about this, and He told them to have something given her to eat.