The ‘legion’

1Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes. ⁸³

2And when He got out of the boat, right away a man with an unclean spirit met Him, coming from the tombs.

3—He had his dwelling among the tombs. No one could bind him, not even with chains,

4because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, only to have had the chains torn apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; no one had been strong enough to tame him.

5Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones. ⁸⁴—

6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and kneeled down to Him, ⁸⁵

7and with a loud cry he said: “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, ⁸⁶don't torment me!”

8Because He was saying to him, “You unclean spirit, come out of the man!”

9Then He asked him, “What is your name?” And he answered, saying, “Legion ⁸⁷is my name, because we are many.”

10He started begging Him repeatedly that He would not send them out of that region. ⁸⁸

11Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside.

12So all the demons ⁸⁹begged Him saying, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

13And forthwith Jesus gave them permission; and coming out the unclean spirits went into the pigs (there were about two thousand); but the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned by the sea. ⁹⁰

14So those who were tending the pigs ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.

15They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demonized, who had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

16Those who had seen it related to them how it happened to the demonized man, and about the pigs.

17Then they began to implore Him to depart from their borders. ⁹¹

18Well upon His getting into the boat, the man who had been demonized started begging Him that he might be with Him.

19But Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your family and report to them how much the Lord ⁹²has done for you; and He had mercy on you.”

20So he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and all were marveling.

21Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.

A hemorrhage and a dead girl

22And then, one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, comes, and upon finding Him he falls at His feet

23and pleads earnestly with Him, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; do come and lay your hands on her ⁹³so that she may be saved, and she will live.”

24So He went with him. A large crowd was also following Him, and they were pressing around Him.

The hemorrhage

25Now a certain woman—who had been bleeding for twelve years,

26and had suffered many things under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse—

27when she heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched His garment.

28(She had kept saying, “If I can just touch His clothes, I will be healed.”) ⁹⁴

29Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed from the affliction.

30And instantly Jesus perceived within Himself that some power had gone out of Him, and turning around in the crowd He said, “Who touched my clothes?”

31So His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’?”

32But He kept looking around to see who had done it.

33So the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. ⁹⁵

34And He said to her: “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go into peace ⁹⁶and be healed from your affliction.”

The dead girl

35While He was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's house saying: “Your daughter died. Why trouble the teacher further?” ⁹⁷

36But immediately upon hearing the spoken message Jesus said to the synagogue ruler, “Don't be afraid; just believe!”

37He allowed no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. ⁹⁸

38Then He came to the synagogue ruler's house and found a commotion—weeping and loud wailing.

39So upon entering He said to them: “Why are you making such a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”

40But they started ridiculing Him. ⁹⁹After He put them all out, He took the child's father and mother, and those with Him, ¹⁰⁰and went in where the child was lying.

41And taking the child by the hand He said to her, “Talitha koumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

42Immediately the girl got up and started walking around (she was twelve years old). And they were overcome with great amazement.

43He gave them strict orders that no one should know about it, and said to give her something to eat. ¹⁰¹