Jesus Restores a
Demon-Possessed
Man
1 They went across the lake
to the
region of
the
Gerasenes.
2 When
Jesus got
out of the
boat, a
man with
an impure
spirit
came from
the tombs
to meet
him.
3 This
man lived
in the
tombs, and
no one
could bind
him
anymore,
not even
with a
chain.
4 For
he had
often been
chained
hand and
foot, but
he tore
the chains
apart and
broke the
irons on
his feet.
No one was
strong
enough to
subdue
him.
5 Night
and day
among the
tombs and
in the
hills he
would cry
out and
cut
himself
with
stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a
distance,
he ran and
fell on
his knees
in front
of him.
7 He
shouted at
the top of
his voice,
“What do
you want
with me,
Jesus, Son
of the
Most High
God? In
God’s name
don’t
torture
me!”
8 For
Jesus had
said to
him, “Come
out of
this man,
you impure
spirit!”
9 Then Jesus asked him,
“What is
your
name?”
“My name is Legion,” he
replied,
“for we
are many.”
10 And he
begged
Jesus
again and
again not
to send
them out
of the
area.
11 A large herd of pigs
was
feeding on
the nearby
hillside.
12 The
demons
begged
Jesus,
“Send us
among the
pigs;
allow us
to go into
them.”
13 He
gave them
permission,
and the
impure
spirits
came out
and went
into the
pigs. The
herd,
about two
thousand
in number,
rushed
down the
steep bank
into the
lake and
were
drowned.
14 Those tending the pigs
ran off
and
reported
this in
the town
and
countryside,
and the
people
went out
to see
what had
happened.
15 When
they came
to Jesus,
they saw
the man
who had
been
possessed
by the
legion of
demons,
sitting
there,
dressed
and in his
right
mind; and
they were
afraid.
16 Those
who had
seen it
told the
people
what had
happened
to the
demon-possessed
man—and
told about
the pigs
as well.
17 Then
the people
began to
plead with
Jesus to
leave
their
region.
18 As Jesus was getting
into the
boat, the
man who
had been
demon-possessed
begged to
go with
him.
19 Jesus
did not
let him,
but said,
“Go home
to your
own people
and tell
them how
much the
Lord has
done for
you, and
how he has
had mercy
on you.”
20 So the
man went
away and
began to
tell in
the
Decapolis
how much
Jesus had
done for
him. And
all the
people
were
amazed.
Jesus Raises a
Dead Girl
and Heals
a Sick
Woman
21 When Jesus had again
crossed
over by
boat to
the other
side of
the lake,
a large
crowd
gathered
around him
while he
was by the
lake.
22 Then
one of the
synagogue
leaders,
named
Jairus,
came, and
when he
saw Jesus,
he fell at
his feet.
23 He
pleaded
earnestly
with him,
“My little
daughter
is dying.
Please
come and
put your
hands on
her so
that she
will be
healed and
live.”
24 So
Jesus went
with him.
A large crowd followed and
pressed
around
him.
25 And
a woman
was there
who had
been
subject to
bleeding
for twelve
years.
26 She
had
suffered a
great deal
under the
care of
many
doctors
and had
spent all
she had,
yet
instead of
getting
better she
grew
worse.
27 When
she heard
about
Jesus, she
came up
behind him
in the
crowd and
touched
his cloak,
28 because
she
thought,
“If I just
touch his
clothes, I
will be
healed.”
29 Immediately
her
bleeding
stopped
and she
felt in
her body
that she
was freed
from her
suffering.
30 At once Jesus realized
that power
had gone
out from
him. He
turned
around in
the crowd
and asked,
“Who
touched my
clothes?”
31 “You see the people
crowding
against
you,” his
disciples
answered,
“and yet
you can
ask, ‘Who
touched
me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking
around to
see who
had done
it.
33 Then
the woman,
knowing
what had
happened
to her,
came and
fell at
his feet
and,
trembling
with fear,
told him
the whole
truth.
34 He
said to
her,
“Daughter,
your faith
has healed
you. Go in
peace and
be freed
from your
suffering.”
35 While Jesus was still
speaking,
some
people
came from
the house
of Jairus,
the
synagogue
leader.
“Your
daughter
is dead,”
they said.
“Why
bother the
teacher
anymore?”
36 Overhearing[c]
what they
said,
Jesus told
him,
“Don’t be
afraid;
just
believe.”
37 He did not let anyone
follow him
except
Peter,
James and
John the
brother of
James.
38 When
they came
to the
home of
the
synagogue
leader,
Jesus saw
a
commotion,
with
people
crying and
wailing
loudly.
39 He went
in and
said to
them, “Why
all this
commotion
and
wailing?
The child
is not
dead but
asleep.”
40 But
they
laughed at
him.
After he put them all out,
he took
the
child’s
father and
mother and
the
disciples
who were
with him,
and went
in where
the child
was.
41 He
took her
by the
hand and
said to
her,
“Talitha
koum!”
(which
means
“Little
girl, I
say to
you, get
up!”).
42 Immediately
the girl
stood up
and began
to walk
around
(she was
twelve
years
old). At
this they
were
completely
astonished.
43 He gave
strict
orders not
to let
anyone
know about
this, and
told them
to give
her
something
to eat.