Mark 5
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Jesus Heals a Man Controlled by Demons
1They went across the Sea of Galilee to the area of the Gerasenes. 2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man controlled by an evil spirit came out of the tombs to meet him. 3He lived in the tombs, and no one could keep him tied up anymore, not even with a chain. 4His hands and feet had often been chained, but he tore the chains apart and broke the iron cuffs off his ankles. No one was strong enough to control him. 5Night and day, among the tombs and in the hills, he screamed and cut himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran to him and fell on his knees in front of him. 7He shouted at the top of his voice, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? Swear by God that you won’t hurt me!” 8This was because Jesus had already said, “Come out of this man, you evil spirit!”
9Then Jesus asked the demon, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he answered, “because there are many of us.” 10He begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on a hillside nearby. 12The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs. Let us go into them.” 13Jesus permitted that, and the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs. There were about 2,000 pigs in the herd. They all rushed down the steep bank, ran into the lake, and drowned.
14Those who were tending the pigs ran off and told the people in the town and countryside what had happened. The people went out to see for themselves. 15When they got to Jesus, they found the man who’d been controlled by many demons sitting there quietly. He was now dressed and thinking clearly. All this made the people afraid. 16Those who’d been there told them what had happened to the man and to the pigs. 17The people asked Jesus to leave their region.
18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who’d been controlled by the demons begged to go with him, 19but Jesus wouldn’t let him. Instead, he said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how kind he has been to you.” 20So the man went to the area known as the Ten Cities and began telling how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Suffering Woman
21Jesus went by boat back across the Sea of Galilee. When he landed on the other side, a large crowd gathered around him. 22A man named Jairus, who was a synagogue leader, came with the crowd. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down to the ground in front of him 23and begged him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and place your hands on her to heal her, and then she’ll live.” 24So Jesus went with him.
A large group of people came along with them, and they were crowding all around Jesus. 25Among them was a woman who had a sickness that made her bleed. She’d had it for 12 years 26and she’d suffered a great deal, even though she’d gone to many doctors. Though she’d spent all the money she had, she didn’t get better. She kept getting worse! 27But then she heard about Jesus, 28and she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be healed.” So she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes. 29Right away her bleeding stopped. She felt in her body that she was free from her suffering.
30Jesus knew right away that some power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31“You can see all these people crowding around you,” his disciples responded. “So why are you asking, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32But Jesus kept looking around to see who had touched him. 33Then the woman came and fell at his feet. She knew what had happened to her, and she was shaking with fear, but she told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, “My daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
35While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they told him. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36Jesus heard what they were saying. He told Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just believe.”
37Jesus only let Peter, James, and John, the brother of James, come with him. 38As they approached the home of the synagogue leader, they could hear the noise of people crying and sobbing loudly. 39Jesus went inside and asked them, “Why are you all crying so loudly? The child isn’t dead. She’s only sleeping.” 40But they laughed at him.
He made them all go outside, and he brought only the child’s father and mother and his disciples in to where the child was. 41He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (That means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”) 42Right away the girl, who was 12 years old, stood up and began to walk around. They were totally amazed at this. 43Jesus gave them strict orders not to let anyone know what had happened, and he told them to give her something to eat.
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Mark 5
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Mt 8.28-34; Lk 8.26-39. They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.#5.1 Other ancient authorities read Gergesenes, some Gadarenes 2And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, even with a chain; 4for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him. 5Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out, and bruising himself with stones. 6And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him; 7#Acts 16.17; Heb 7.1; Mk 1.24. and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” 8For he had said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9And Jesus#5.9 Greek he asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” 10And he begged him eagerly not to send them out of the country. 11Now a great herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside; 12and they begged him, “Send us to the swine, let us enter them.” 13So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
14The herdsmen fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. 15And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had the legion; and they were afraid. 16And those who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine. 17And they began to beg Jesus#5.17 Greek him to depart from their neighborhood. 18And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19But he refused, and said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20#Mk 7.31. And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.
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Mt 9.18-26; Lk 8.40-56. And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea. 22#Lk 13.14; Acts 13.15; 18.8,17. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, 23#Mk 6.5; 7.32; 8.23; Acts 9.17; 28.8. and besought him, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” 24And he went with him.
And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 25And there was a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27She had heard the reports about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well.” 29And immediately the hemorrhage ceased; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30#Lk 5.17. And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, immediately turned about in the crowd, and said, “Who touched my garments?” 31And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ” 32And he looked around to see who had done it. 33But the woman, knowing what had been done to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34#Lk 7.50; Mk 10.52. And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
35While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” 36But ignoring#5.36 Or overhearing. Other ancient authorities read hearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” 37#Mk 9.2; 13.3. And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. 38When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, he saw a tumult, and people weeping and wailing loudly. 39And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a tumult and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” 40And they laughed at him. But he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41#Lk 7.14; Acts 9.40. Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi”; which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” 42And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43#Mk 1.43-44; 7.36. And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
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