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Mark 5

¹Jesus and his disciples arrived on the other side of Lake Galilee, in the territory of Gerasa.

²As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, he was met by a man who came out of the burial caves there. This man had an evil spirit in him

³and lived among the tombs. Nobody could keep him tied with chains any more;

⁴many times his feet and his hands had been tied, but every time he broke the chains and smashed the irons on his feet. He was too strong for anyone to control him.

⁵Day and night he wandered among the tombs and through the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.

⁶He was some distance away when he saw Jesus; so he ran, fell on his knees before him,

⁷and screamed in a loud voice, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? For God's sake, I beg you, don't punish me!"

⁸(He said this because Jesus was saying, "Evil spirit, come out of this man!")

⁹So Jesus asked him, "What is your name!" The man answered, "My name is 'Mob'---there are so many of us!"

¹⁰And he kept begging Jesus not to send the evil spirits out of that region.

¹¹There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside.

¹²So the spirits begged Jesus, "Send us to the pigs, and let us go into them."

¹³He let them go, and the evil spirits went out of the man and entered the pigs. The whole herd---about two thousand pigs in all---rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.

¹⁴The men who had been taking care of the pigs ran away and spread the news in the town and among the farms. People went out to see what had happened,

¹⁵and when they came to Jesus, they saw the man who used to have the mob of demons in him. He was sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid.

¹⁶Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the man with the demons, and about the pigs.

¹⁷So they asked Jesus to leave their territory.

¹⁸As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had had the demons begged him, "Let me go with you!"

¹⁹But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he told him, "Go back home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how kind he has been to you."

²⁰So the man left and went all through the Ten Towns, telling what Jesus had done for him. And all who heard it were amazed.

²¹Jesus went back across to the other side of the lake. There at the lakeside a large crowd gathered around him.

²²Jairus, an official of the local synagogue, arrived, and when he saw Jesus, he threw himself down at his feet

²³and begged him earnestly, "My little daughter is very sick. Please come and place your hands on her, so that she will get well and live!"

²⁴Then Jesus started off with him. So many people were going along with Jesus that they were crowding him from every side.

²⁵There was a woman who had suffered terribly from severe bleeding for twelve years,

²⁶even though she had been treated by many doctors. She had spent all her money, but instead of getting better she got worse all the time.

²⁷She had heard about Jesus, so she came in the crowd behind him,

²⁸saying to herself, "If I just touch his clothes, I will get well."

²⁹She touched his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once; and she had the feeling inside herself that she was healed of her trouble.

³⁰At once Jesus knew that power had gone out of him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

³¹His disciples answered, "You see how the people are crowding you; why do you ask who touched you?"

³²But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.

³³The woman realized what had happened to her, so she came, trembling with fear, knelt at his feet, and told him the whole truth.

³⁴Jesus said to her, "My daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your trouble."

³⁵While Jesus was saying this, some messengers came from Jairus' house and told him, "Your daughter has died. Why bother the Teacher any longer?"

³⁶Jesus paid no attention to what they said, but told him, "Don't be afraid, only believe."

³⁷Then he did not let anyone else go on with him except Peter and James and his brother John.

³⁸They arrived at Jairus' house, where Jesus saw the confusion and heard all the loud crying and wailing.

³⁹He went in and said to them, "Why all this confusion? Why are you crying? The child is not dead---she is only sleeping!"

⁴⁰They started making fun of him, so he put them all out, took the child's father and mother and his three disciples, and went into the room where the child was lying.

⁴¹He took her by the hand and said to her, " Talitha, koum," which means, "Little girl, I tell you to get up!"

⁴²She got up at once and started walking around. (She was twelve years old.) When this happened, they were completely amazed.

⁴³But Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone, and he said, "Give her something to eat."