Luke 8:36-50

Meanwhile, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demon-possessed man was delivered.  Then all the people of the Gerasene region  asked him to leave them,  because they were gripped by great fear. So getting into the boat, he returned. The man from whom the demons had departed begged him earnestly to be with him. But he sent him away and said, “Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you.” And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town how much Jesus had done for him. When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him,  for they were all expecting him.  Just then, a man named Jairus came. He was a leader of the synagogue.  He fell down at Jesus’s feet and pleaded with him to come to his house, because he had an only daughter  about twelve years old, and she was dying. While he was going, the crowds were nearly crushing him.  A woman suffering from bleeding  for twelve years,  who had spent all she had on doctors  and yet could not be healed by any, approached from behind and touched the end of his robe.  Instantly her bleeding stopped. “Who touched me? ” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter  said, “Master,  the crowds are hemming you in and pressing against you.”  “Someone did touch me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from me.”   When the woman saw that she was discovered, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she declared the reason she had touched him and how she was instantly healed. “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has saved you.   Go in peace.”   While he was still speaking,  someone came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t bother  the teacher  anymore.” When Jesus heard it, he answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be saved.”