Mark 5

₁They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. ₂And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. ₃He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, ₄for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. ₅Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. ₆And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him. ₇And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” ₈For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” ₉And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” ₁₀And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. ₁₁Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, ₁₂and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” ₁₃So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.

₁₄The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. ₁₅And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. ₁₆And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs. ₁₇And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region. ₁₈As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. ₁₉And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” ₂₀And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

₂₁And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. ₂₂Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet ₂₃and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.” ₂₄And he went with him.

And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. ₂₅And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, ₂₆and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. ₂₇She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. ₂₈For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” ₂₉And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. ₃₀And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” ₃₁And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’” ₃₂And he looked around to see who had done it. ₃₃But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. ₃₄And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

₃₅While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” ₃₆But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” ₃₇And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. ₃₈They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. ₃₉And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.” ₄₀And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was. ₄₁Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” ₄₂And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. ₄₃And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.