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鬼入猪群

他们来到海那边格拉森人的地方。 耶稣一下船,就有一个被污鬼附着的人从坟茔里出来迎着他。 那人常住在坟茔里,没有人能捆住他,就是用铁链也不能。 因为人屡次用脚镣和铁链捆锁他,铁链竟被他挣断了,脚镣也被他弄碎了。总没有人能制伏他。 他昼夜常在坟茔里和山中喊叫,又用石头砍自己。 他远远地看见耶稣,就跑过去拜他, 大声呼叫说:“至高神的儿子耶稣,我与你有什么相干?我指着神恳求你,不要叫我受苦!” 是因耶稣曾吩咐他说:“污鬼啊,从这人身上出来吧!” 耶稣问他说:“你名叫什么?”回答说:“我名叫‘群’,因为我们多的缘故。” 10 就再三地求耶稣,不要叫他们离开那地方。 11 在那里山坡上,有一大群猪吃食。 12 鬼就央求耶稣,说:“求你打发我们往猪群里,附着猪去。” 13 耶稣准了他们,污鬼就出来,进入猪里去。于是那群猪闯下山崖,投在海里淹死了。猪的数目约有二千。 14 放猪的就逃跑了,去告诉城里和乡下的人。众人就来,要看是什么事。 15 他们来到耶稣那里,看见那被鬼附着的人,就是从前被群鬼所附的,坐着,穿上衣服,心里明白过来,他们就害怕。 16 看见这事的,便将鬼附之人所遇见的和那群猪的事都告诉了众人。 17 众人就央求耶稣离开他们的境界。 18 耶稣上船的时候,那从前被鬼附着的人恳求和耶稣同在。 19 耶稣不许,却对他说:“你回家去到你的亲属那里,将主为你所做的是何等大的事,是怎样怜悯你,都告诉他们。” 20 那人就走了,在低加波利传扬耶稣为他做了何等大的事,众人就都稀奇。

21 耶稣坐船又渡到那边去,就有许多人到他那里聚集,他正在海边上。 22 有一个管会堂的人,名叫睚鲁,来见耶稣,就俯伏在他脚前, 23 再三地求他,说:“我的小女儿快要死了,求你去按手在她身上,使她痊愈,得以活了。” 24 耶稣就和他同去。有许多人跟随,拥挤他。

医患血漏的女人

25 有一个女人患了十二年的血漏, 26 在好些医生手里受了许多的苦,又花尽了她所有的,一点也不见好,病势反倒更重了。 27 她听见耶稣的事,就从后头来,杂在众人中间,摸耶稣的衣裳, 28 意思说:“我只摸他的衣裳,就必痊愈。” 29 于是她血漏的源头立刻干了,她便觉得身上的灾病好了。 30 耶稣顿时心里觉得有能力从自己身上出去,就在众人中间转过来,说:“谁摸我的衣裳?” 31 门徒对他说:“你看众人拥挤你,还说‘谁摸我’吗?” 32 耶稣周围观看,要见做这事的女人。 33 那女人知道在自己身上所成的事,就恐惧战兢,来俯伏在耶稣跟前,将实情全告诉他。 34 耶稣对她说:“女儿,你的信救了你,平平安安地回去吧!你的灾病痊愈了。”

耶稣叫睚鲁的女儿复活

35 还说话的时候,有人从管会堂的家里来,说:“你的女儿死了,何必还劳动先生呢?” 36 耶稣听见所说的话,就对管会堂的说:“不要怕,只要信!” 37 于是带着彼得雅各雅各的兄弟约翰同去,不许别人跟随他。 38 他们来到管会堂的家里,耶稣看见那里乱嚷,并有人大大地哭泣哀号, 39 进到里面就对他们说:“为什么乱嚷哭泣呢?孩子不是死了,是睡着了。” 40 他们就嗤笑耶稣。耶稣把他们都撵出去,就带着孩子的父母和跟随的人进了孩子所在的地方, 41 就拉着孩子的手,对她说:“大利大,古米!”(翻出来就是说:“闺女,我吩咐你起来!” 42 那闺女立时起来走,他们就大大地惊奇;闺女已经十二岁了。 43 耶稣切切地嘱咐他们,不要叫人知道这事,又吩咐给她东西吃。

The Madman

1-5 They arrived on the other side of the sea in the country of the Gerasenes. As Jesus got out of the boat, a madman from the cemetery came up to him. He lived there among the tombs and graves. No one could restrain him—he couldn’t be chained, couldn’t be tied down. He had been tied up many times with chains and ropes, but he broke the chains, snapped the ropes. No one was strong enough to tame him. Night and day he roamed through the graves and the hills, screaming out and slashing himself with sharp stones.

6-8 When he saw Jesus a long way off, he ran and bowed in worship before him—then howled in protest, “What business do you have, Jesus, Son of the High God, messing with me? I swear to God, don’t give me a hard time!” (Jesus had just commanded the tormenting evil spirit, “Out! Get out of the man!”)

9-10 Jesus asked him, “Tell me your name.”

He replied, “My name is Mob. I’m a rioting mob.” Then he desperately begged Jesus not to banish them from the country.

11-13 A large herd of pigs was grazing and rooting on a nearby hill. The demons begged him, “Send us to the pigs so we can live in them.” Jesus gave the order. But it was even worse for the pigs than for the man. Crazed, they stampeded over a cliff into the sea and drowned.

14-15 Those tending the pigs, scared to death, bolted and told their story in town and country. Everyone wanted to see what had happened. They came up to Jesus and saw the madman sitting there wearing decent clothes and making sense, no longer a walking madhouse of a man.

16-17 Those who had seen it told the others what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs. At first they were in awe—and then they were upset, upset over the drowned pigs. They demanded that Jesus leave and not come back.

18-20 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the demon-delivered man begged to go along, but he wouldn’t let him. Jesus said, “Go home to your own people. Tell them your story—what the Master did, how he had mercy on you.” The man went back and began to preach in the Ten Towns area about what Jesus had done for him. He was the talk of the town.

A Risk of Faith

21-24 After Jesus crossed over by boat, a large crowd met him at the seaside. One of the meeting-place leaders named Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell to his knees, beside himself as he begged, “My dear daughter is at death’s door. Come and lay hands on her so she will get well and live.” Jesus went with him, the whole crowd tagging along, pushing and jostling him.

25-29 A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve years—a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than before—had heard about Jesus. She slipped in from behind and touched his robe. She was thinking to herself, “If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well.” The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with.

30 At the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from him. He turned around to the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?”

31 His disciples said, “What are you talking about? With this crowd pushing and jostling you, you’re asking, ‘Who touched me?’ Dozens have touched you!”

32-33 But he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it. The woman, knowing what had happened, knowing she was the one, stepped up in fear and trembling, knelt before him, and gave him the whole story.

34 Jesus said to her, “Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you’re healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague.”

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35 While he was still talking, some people came from the leader’s house and told him, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”

36 Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, “Don’t listen to them; just trust me.”

37-40 He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John. They entered the leader’s house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles. Jesus was abrupt: “Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn’t dead; she’s sleeping.” Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn’t know what he was talking about.

40-43 But when he had sent them all out, he took the child’s father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child’s room. He clasped the girl’s hand and said, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, get up.” At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy. He gave them strict orders that no one was to know what had taken place in that room. Then he said, “Give her something to eat.”

Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man(A)(B)

They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] When Jesus got out of the boat,(C) a man with an impure spirit(D) came from the tombs to meet him. This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(E) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(F) In God’s name don’t torture me!” For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”

Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

“My name is Legion,”(G) he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion(H) of demons,(I) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.

18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them(J) how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis[b](K) how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman(L)

21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake,(M) a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.(N) 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders,(O) named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on(P) her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding(Q) for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes,(R) I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.(S)

30 At once Jesus realized that power(T) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’

32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.(U) Go in peace(V) and be freed from your suffering.”

35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader.(W) “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”

36 Overhearing[c] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.(X) 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader,(Y) Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”(Z) 40 But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand(AA) and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).(AB) 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this,(AC) and told them to give her something to eat.

Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:1 Some manuscripts Gadarenes; other manuscripts Gergesenes
  2. Mark 5:20 That is, the Ten Cities
  3. Mark 5:36 Or Ignoring