Mark 5

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¹And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. ²And when he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs, ³who had his dwelling in the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, not even with a chain, ⁴because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the fetters broken in pieces, and no one had the strength to tame him. ⁵And constantly, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁶And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down to him, ⁷and crying out with a loud voice, he said: "What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me." ⁸For he had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" ⁹And he asked him, "What is your name?" And he replied, saying to him, "My name is Legion, because we are many." ¹⁰And he begged him earnestly that he would not send them out of the country. ¹¹Now there was a great herd of pigs feeding there on the mountainside. ¹²And all the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter into them." ¹³And immediately Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea—they were about two thousand—and were drowned in the sea. ¹⁴And those who fed the pigs fled and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵And they came to Jesus, and observed the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed, and in his right mind—the very one who had had the legion—and they were afraid. ¹⁶And those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs. ¹⁷And they began to beg him to depart from their region. ¹⁸And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him. ¹⁹But Jesus did not allow him, but said to him, "Go to your home, to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he 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 over in the boat again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him, and he was by the sea. ²²And one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came, and seeing him, fell at his feet, ²³and begged him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live." ²⁴And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him, and they pressed against him. ²⁵And a certain woman, who had a flow of blood for twelve years, ²⁶and had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was not helped at all, but rather grew worse, ²⁷having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up in the crowd behind him and touched his garment. ²⁸For she was saying, "If I just touch his garments, I will be healed." ²⁹And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed from her affliction. ³⁰And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?" ³¹And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'" ³²And he looked around to see the woman who had done this. ³³But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. ³⁴And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace, and be cured of your affliction." ³⁵While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house, saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any further?" ³⁶But Jesus, overhearing the word being spoken, said to the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid, only believe." ³⁷And he allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James. ³⁸And they came to the house of the synagogue ruler, and he saw a commotion, and people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping." ⁴⁰And they ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying. ⁴¹And taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi," which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, arise." ⁴²And immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were amazed with great amazement. ⁴³And he gave them strict orders that no one should know this, and commanded that something be given to her to eat.

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