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Ils arrivèrent à l'autre bord de la mer, dans le pays des Gadaréniens.

Aussitôt que Jésus fut hors de la barque, il vint au-devant de lui un homme, sortant des sépulcres, et possédé d'un esprit impur.

Cet homme avait sa demeure dans les sépulcres, et personne ne pouvait plus le lier, même avec une chaîne.

Car souvent il avait eu les fers aux pieds et avait été lié de chaînes, mais il avait rompu les chaînes et brisé les fers, et personne n'avait la force de le dompter.

Il était sans cesse, nuit et jour, dans les sépulcres et sur les montagnes, criant, et se meurtrissant avec des pierres.

Ayant vu Jésus de loin, il accourut, se prosterna devant lui,

et s'écria d'une voix forte: Qu'y a-t-il entre moi et toi, Jésus, Fils du Dieu Très Haut? Je t'en conjure au nom de Dieu, ne me tourmente pas.

Car Jésus lui disait: Sors de cet homme, esprit impur!

Et, il lui demanda: Quel est ton nom? Légion est mon nom, lui répondit-il, car nous sommes plusieurs.

10 Et il le priait instamment de ne pas les envoyer hors du pays.

11 Il y avait là, vers la montagne, un grand troupeau de pourceaux qui paissaient.

12 Et les démons le prièrent, disant: Envoie-nous dans ces pourceaux, afin que nous entrions en eux.

13 Il le leur permit. Et les esprits impurs sortirent, entrèrent dans les pourceaux, et le troupeau se précipita des pentes escarpées dans la mer: il y en avait environ deux mille, et ils se noyèrent dans la mer.

14 Ceux qui les faisaient paître s'enfuirent, et répandirent la nouvelle dans la ville et dans les campagnes. Les gens allèrent voir ce qui était arrivé.

15 Ils vinrent auprès de Jésus, et ils virent le démoniaque, celui qui avait eu la légion, assis, vêtu, et dans son bon sens; et ils furent saisis de frayeur.

16 Ceux qui avaient vu ce qui s'était passé leur racontèrent ce qui était arrivé au démoniaque et aux pourceaux.

17 Alors ils se mirent à supplier Jésus de quitter leur territoire.

18 Comme il montait dans la barque, celui qui avait été démoniaque lui demanda la permission de rester avec lui.

19 Jésus ne le lui permit pas, mais il lui dit: Va dans ta maison, vers les tiens, et raconte-leur tout ce que le Seigneur t'a fait, et comment il a eu pitié de toi.

20 Il s'en alla, et se mit à publier dans la Décapole tout ce que Jésus avait fait pour lui. Et tous furent dans l'étonnement.

21 Jésus dans la barque regagna l'autre rive, où une grande foule s'assembla près de lui. Il était au bord de la mer.

22 Alors vint un des chefs de la synagogue, nommé Jaïrus, qui, l'ayant aperçu, se jeta à ses pieds,

23 et lui adressa cette instante prière: Ma petite fille est à l'extrémité, viens, impose-lui les mains, afin qu'elle soit sauvée et qu'elle vive.

24 Jésus s'en alla avec lui. Et une grande foule le suivait et le pressait.

25 Or, il y avait une femme atteinte d'une perte de sang depuis douze ans.

26 Elle avait beaucoup souffert entre les mains de plusieurs médecins, elle avait dépensé tout ce qu'elle possédait, et elle n'avait éprouvé aucun soulagement, mais était allée plutôt en empirant.

27 Ayant entendu parler de Jésus, elle vint dans la foule par derrière, et toucha son vêtement.

28 Car elle disait: Si je puis seulement toucher ses vêtements, je serai guérie.

29 Au même instant la perte de sang s'arrêta, et elle sentit dans son corps qu'elle était guérie de son mal.

30 Jésus connut aussitôt en lui-même qu'une force était sortie de lui; et, se retournant au milieu de la foule, il dit: Qui a touché mes vêtements?

31 Ses disciples lui dirent: Tu vois la foule qui te presse, et tu dis: Qui m'a touché?

32 Et il regardait autour de lui, pour voir celle qui avait fait cela.

33 La femme, effrayée et tremblante, sachant ce qui s'était passé en elle, vint se jeter à ses pieds, et lui dit toute la vérité.

34 Mais Jésus lui dit: Ma fille, ta foi t'a sauvée; va en paix, et sois guérie de ton mal.

35 Comme il parlait encore, survinrent de chez le chef de la synagogue des gens qui dirent: Ta fille est morte; pourquoi importuner davantage le maître?

36 Mais Jésus, sans tenir compte de ces paroles, dit au chef de la synagogue: Ne crains pas, crois seulement.

37 Et il ne permit à personne de l'accompagner, si ce n'est à Pierre, à Jacques, et à Jean, frère de Jacques.

38 Ils arrivèrent à la maison du chef de la synagogue, où Jésus vit une foule bruyante et des gens qui pleuraient et poussaient de grands cris.

39 Il entra, et leur dit: Pourquoi faites-vous du bruit, et pourquoi pleurez-vous? L'enfant n'est pas morte, mais elle dort.

40 Et ils se moquaient de lui. Alors, ayant fait sortir tout le monde, il prit avec lui le père et la mère de l'enfant, et ceux qui l'avaient accompagné, et il entra là où était l'enfant.

41 Il la saisit par la main, et lui dit: Talitha koumi, ce qui signifie: Jeune fille, lève-toi, je te le dis.

42 Aussitôt la jeune fille se leva, et se mit à marcher; car elle avait douze ans. Et ils furent dans un grand étonnement.

43 Jésus leur adressa de fortes recommandations, pour que personne ne sût la chose; et il dit qu'on donnât à manger à la jeune fille.

Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

(A)They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.[a] And when Jesus[b] had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. (B)He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and (C)fell down before him. And (D)crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, (E)Son of (F)the Most High God? (G)I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is (H)Legion, for we are many.” 10 And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. 11 Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 12 and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” 13 So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.

14 The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. 15 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed[c] man, the one who had had (I)the legion, sitting there, (J)clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs. 17 And (K)they began to beg Jesus[d] to depart from their region. 18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19 And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and (L)tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in (M)the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus's Daughter

21 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 (N)Then came one of (O)the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet 23 and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and (P)lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.” 24 And he went with him.

And a great crowd followed him and (Q)thronged about him. 25 And there was a woman (R)who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” 29 (S)And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her (T)disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that (U)power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” 31 And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, (V)your faith has made you well; (W)go in peace, and be healed of your (X)disease.”

35 While he was still speaking, there came from (Y)the ruler's house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why (Z)trouble (AA)the Teacher any further?” 36 But overhearing[e] what they said, Jesus said to (AB)the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” 37 And he allowed no one to follow him except (AC)Peter and James and (AD)John the brother of James. 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus[f] saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And when he had entered, he said to them, (AE)“Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but (AF)sleeping.” 40 And they laughed at him. But he (AG)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 (AH)Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, (AI)arise.” 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 43 And (AJ)he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:1 Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gadarenes
  2. Mark 5:2 Greek he; also verse 9
  3. Mark 5:15 Greek daimonizomai (demonized); also verses 16, 18; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons
  4. Mark 5:17 Greek him
  5. Mark 5:36 Or ignoring; some manuscripts hearing
  6. Mark 5:38 Greek he

1-2 When they arrived at the other side of the lake, a demon-possessed man ran out from a graveyard, just as Jesus was climbing from the boat.

3-4 This man lived among the gravestones and had such strength that whenever he was put into handcuffs and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the handcuffs from his wrists and smashed the shackles and walked away. No one was strong enough to control him. All day long and through the night he would wander among the tombs and in the wild hills, screaming and cutting himself with sharp pieces of stone.

When Jesus was still far out on the water, the man had seen him and had run to meet him, and fell down before him.

7-8 Then Jesus spoke to the demon within the man and said, “Come out, you evil spirit.”

It gave a terrible scream, shrieking, “What are you going to do to me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? For God’s sake, don’t torture me!”

“What is your name?” Jesus asked, and the demon replied, “Legion, for there are many of us here within this man.”

10 Then the demons begged him again and again not to send them to some distant land.

11 Now as it happened there was a huge herd of hogs rooting around on the hill above the lake. 12 “Send us into those hogs,” the demons begged.

13 And Jesus gave them permission. Then the evil spirits came out of the man and entered the hogs, and the entire herd plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned.

14 The herdsmen fled to the nearby towns and countryside, spreading the news as they ran. Everyone rushed out to see for themselves. 15 And a large crowd soon gathered where Jesus was; but as they saw the man sitting there, fully clothed and perfectly sane, they were frightened. 16 Those who saw what happened were telling everyone about it, 17 and the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone! 18 So he got back into the boat. The man who had been possessed by the demons begged Jesus to let him go along. 19 But Jesus said no.

“Go home to your friends,” he told him, “and tell them what wonderful things God has done for you; and how merciful he has been.”

20 So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns[a] of that region and began to tell everyone about the great things Jesus had done for him; and they were awestruck by his story.

21 When Jesus had gone across by boat to the other side of the lake, a vast crowd gathered around him on the shore.

22 The leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, came and fell down before him, 23 pleading with him to heal his little daughter.

“She is at the point of death,” he said in desperation. “Please come and place your hands on her and make her live.”

24 Jesus went with him, and the crowd thronged behind. 25 In the crowd was a woman who had been sick for twelve years with a hemorrhage. 26 She had suffered much from many doctors through the years and had become poor from paying them, and was no better but, in fact, was worse. 27 She had heard all about the wonderful miracles Jesus did, and that is why she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his clothes.

28 For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his clothing, I will be healed.” 29 And sure enough, as soon as she had touched him, the bleeding stopped and she knew she was well!

30 Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

31 His disciples said to him, “All this crowd pressing around you, and you ask who touched you?”

32 But he kept on looking around to see who it was who had done it. 33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and told him what she had done. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, healed of your disease.”

35 While he was still talking to her, messengers arrived from Jairus’s home with the news that it was too late—his daughter was dead and there was no point in Jesus’ coming now. 36 But Jesus ignored their comments and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just trust me.”

37 Then Jesus halted the crowd and wouldn’t let anyone go on with him to Jairus’s home except Peter and James and John. 38 When they arrived, Jesus saw that all was in great confusion, with unrestrained weeping and wailing. 39 He went inside and spoke to the people.

“Why all this weeping and commotion?” he asked. “The child isn’t dead; she is only asleep!”

40 They laughed at him in bitter derision, but he told them all to leave, and taking the little girl’s father and mother and his three disciples, he went into the room where she was lying.

41-42 Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Get up, little girl!” (She was twelve years old.) And she jumped up and walked around! Her parents just couldn’t get over it. 43 Jesus instructed them very earnestly not to tell what had happened and told them to give her something to eat.

Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:20 to visit the Ten Towns, or “to visit Decapolis.”