Mark Five
And they reached the port on the other
side of the sea, in the country of the
Gadarenes. And as he went out of the boat, he was
met by a man from the cemetery, who had
an unclean spirit. He lived in the cemetery, and no man could
bind him in chains;
Because whenever he was bound with fetters
and chains, he broke the chains and cut
the fetters, and no man could control him. And always, night and day, he was in the
cemetery and in the mountains, crying aloud
and cutting himself with stones. When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and
worshipped him, And he cried with a loud voice and said,
What have we got together, Jesus, Son of the
most high God? I adjure you by God, not to
torment me. For he said to him, Get out of the man, O
you unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is your name?
And he said to him, Our name is Legion,
because we are many. And he begged him much that he would
not send him out of the country. Now there was there, near the mountain
a large herd of swine feeding. And the lunatics begged him saying, Send
us to the swine, that we may attack them. And he permitted them. And the lunatics
went out, and attacked the swine; and the
herd ran to the steep rocks, and fell into the
sea; they were about two thousand, and they
were drowned in the water. And those who fed them, fled, and told it
in the city and also in the villages. So they
went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus, and saw the lunatic, clothed and well behaved, and sitting
down; even the one who once had the
legion within him; and they were afraid. And those who saw it told them just how
it happened to the lunatic and also to the
swine. So they began to urge him to leave their
border. As he went up to the boat, the lunatic
begged him to remain with him. And he would not permit him, but said to
him, Go to your home, to your own people,
and tell them what the Lord has done for you,
and had mercy on you. And he went away, and began to preach
in the ten cities about what Jesus had done
for him; and they were all surprised.
¶ When Jesus crossed in the boat to the
other side, large crowds again gathered
around him, while he was by the sea. And there came one of the leaders of the
synagogue, whose name was Jairus; and
when he saw him, he fell at his feet, And he beseeched him much and said to
him, My daughter is very seriously ill; come
and lay your hand on her, and she will be
healed, and live. So Jesus went with him; and a large multitude
followed him, and they pressed on him. And there was a woman who had had the
hemorrhage for twelve years, Who had suffered much at the hands of
many doctors, and had spent everything she
had, and was not helped at all, but rather
became worse. When she heard concerning Jesus, she
came through the dense crowd from behind
him, and touched his cloak. For she said, If I can only touch his cloak,
I will live. And immediately the hemorrhage was
dried up; and she felt in her body that she
was healed of her disease. Jesus instantly knew that some power
had gone out of him; so he turned around to
the people and said, Who touched my garments? His disciples said to him, You see the
people pressing on you, and yet you say, Who
touched me? And he was looking round to see who
had done this. But the woman, frightened and trembling,
because she knew what had happened to her,
came and fell before him and told him the
whole truth. He said to her, My daughter, your faith
has healed you; go in peace, and be healed
of your disease. While he was still talking, some men
came from the house of the leader of the
synagogue, saying, Your daughter is dead;
why do you trouble the Teacher? Jesus heard the word which they spoke,
and he said to the leader of the synagogue,
Fear not, only believe. And he did not permit any man to go
with him, except Simon Peter, and James,
and John the brother of James. And they came to the house of the leader
of the synagogue, and he saw them in a tumult,
weeping and wailing. So he entered and said to them, Why are
you excited and crying? The little girl is not
dead, but she is asleep. And they laughed at him. But Jesus put
them all out, and took the little girl’s father
and mother and those who were with him,
and he entered where the little girl was laid.
And he took the little girl by her hand,
and said to her, Talitha, koomi, which means,
Little girl, rise up. And immediately the little girl got up
and walked; for she was twelve years old.
And they were astonished with a great astonishment. But he commanded them that no man
should know this; and he told them to give
her something to eat.
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