Mark 5
5
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
5
Demons Driven Out by the Master
1Then # Mt 8:28-34; Lk 8:26-39 they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. # Some mss read Gadarenes ; other mss read Gergesenes 2As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean # 2Co 6:17 spirit # Lk 11:24 came out of the tombs # Jn 5:28 and met Him. 3He lived in the tombs. # Lk 23:53 No one was able to restrain him anymore — even with chains # Mk 15:1 — 4because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed # Rm 16:20; Rv 2:27 the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue # Jms 3:7-8 him. 5And always, night # Jn 9:4 and day, he was crying out among the tombs # Lk 23:53 and in the mountains # Mt 4:8 and cutting himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him. 7And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me, # Lit What to me and to You Jesus, Son # Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2 of the Most High God? # Ps 78:35 I beg # Or adjure You before God, don’t torment # Rv 20:10 me! ” 8For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean # 2Co 6:17 spirit! ” # Lk 11:24
9“What is your name? ” He asked him.
“My name is Legion,” # A Roman legion contained up to 6,000 soldiers; here legion indicates a large number. # Mt 26:53; Lk 8:30 he answered Him, “because we are many.” 10And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.
11Now a large herd of pigs # Mt 7:6; 8:30-32; Lk 8:32-33; 15:15-16 was there, feeding # Jn 21:15 on the hillside. 12The demons # Other mss read All the demons begged Him, “Send us to the pigs, so we may enter them.” 13And He gave them permission. Then the unclean # 2Co 6:17 spirits # Lk 11:24 came out and entered the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there. 14The men who tended them # Other mss read tended the pigs ran off # Jms 4:7 and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. 15They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed # Mt 9:32 by the legion, # Mk 5:9 sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; # 1Pt 4:7 and they were afraid. # Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7 16The eyewitnesses described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed # Mt 9:32 man and told about the pigs. 17Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.
18As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him. 19But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord # Col 4:1; Jd 5 has done # Lk 1:25; 8:39; Ac 15:17; Rm 9:28 for you and how He has had mercy on you.” 20So he went out and began to proclaim # Mk 1:4 in the Decapolis # Mt 4:25; Mk 7:31 how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed. # Rv 17:6
A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed
21When # Mt 9:18-26; Lk 8:40-56 Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd # Mk 2:4 gathered around Him while He was by the sea. 22One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, # Lk 8:41 came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet # Rv 19:10 23and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door. # Lit My little daughter has it finally ; = to be at the end of life Come and lay Your hands on # 1Tm 5:22 her so she can get well # Mk 6:56 and live.”
24So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him. 25A woman suffering from bleeding # Lk 8:43 for 12 years 26had endured # Php 1:29 much under many doctors. # Col 4:14 She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. 27Having heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched # Jn 20:17 His robe. # Lk 19:36 28For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well! ” # Mk 6:56; Ac 16:31 29Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was cured # Lk 7:7 of her affliction.
30At once Jesus realized in Himself that power # Lk 5:17; 6:19; 8:46 had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd # Mk 2:13 and said, “Who touched My robes? ” # Lk 19:36
31His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me? ’ ”
32So He was looking around to see who had done this. 33Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came with fear and trembling, fell down # Lk 8:47 before Him, and told Him the whole truth. # Jn 14:6 34“Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith # Mt 8:10 has made you well. # Or has saved you # Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56 Go in peace and be free # Lit healthy # Ac 4:10 from your affliction.” # Mk 5:29
35While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher # Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11 anymore? ”
36But when Jesus overheard what was said, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid. # Jn 6:20 Only believe.” 37He did not let anyone accompany Him except Peter, # Lk 6:14 James, # Ac 12:2 and John, # Jn 21:7 James’s brother. 38They came to the leader’s house, and He saw a commotion — people weeping and wailing loudly. 39He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? # Mt 9:23 The child # Lk 1:7 is not dead but asleep.” # Mt 9:24
40They started laughing at Him, but He put them all outside. He took the child’s father, # Col 3:21 mother, and those who were with Him, and entered the place where the child was. 41Then He took the child # Lk 1:7 by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” # An Aram expression (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up! ” # Mk 1:31; 2:11; 4:27,38; 9:27; 14:41-42). 42Immediately the girl got up # Mk 9:27 and began to walk. # Mt 11:5 (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded. # Mk 16:8; Ac 10:45 43Then He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this # Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56 and said that she should be given something to eat.
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