Demons Driven Out by Jesus

5 They^(A) came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.^{[a] 2} As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean^(B) spirit^(C) came out of the tombs^(D) and met him. ³ He lived in the tombs,^(E) and no one was able to restrain him anymore—not even with a chain^(F)— ⁴ because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed^(G) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue^(H) him. ⁵ Night^(I) and day among the tombs^(J) and on the mountains,^(K) he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. ⁷ And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son^(L) of the Most High God?^(M) I beg you before God, don’t torment^(N) me!” ⁸ For he had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean^(O) spirit!”^(P)

⁹ “What is your name?” he asked him.

“My name is Legion,”^(Q) he answered him, “because we are many.” ¹⁰ And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

¹¹ A large herd of pigs^(R) was there, feeding^(S) on the hillside. ¹² The demons^[b] begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.” ¹³ So he gave them permission, and the unclean^(T) spirits^(U) came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.

¹⁴ The men who tended them ran off^(V) and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. ¹⁵ They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed,^(W)(X) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind;^(Y) and they were afraid.^{(Z) 16} Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed^(AA) man and told about the pigs. ¹⁷ Then they began to beg him to leave their region.

¹⁸ As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him. ¹⁹ Jesus did not let him but told him, “Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord^(AB) has done^(AC) for you and how he has had mercy on you.” ²⁰ So he went out and began to proclaim^(AD) in the Decapolis^(AE) how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.^(AF)

A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

²¹ When^(AG) Jesus had crossed over again by boat^[c] to the other side, a large crowd^(AH) gathered around him while he was by the sea. ²² One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,^(AI) came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet^{(AJ) 23} and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on^(AK) her so that she can get well^[d](AL) and live.” ²⁴ So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.

²⁵ Now a woman suffering from bleeding^(AM) for twelve years ²⁶ had endured^(AN) much under many doctors.^(AO) She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. ²⁷ Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched^(AP) his clothing.^{(AQ) 28} For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I’ll be made well.”^{(AR) 29} Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed^(AS) of her affliction.

³⁰ Immediately Jesus realized that power^(AT) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd^(AU) and said, “Who touched my clothes?”^(AV)

³¹ His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’”

³² But he was looking around to see who had done this. ³³ The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down^(AW) before him, and told him the whole truth.^{(AX) 34} “Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith^(AY) has saved you.^(AZ) Go in peace and be healed^(BA) from your affliction.”^(BB)

³⁵ While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher^(BC) anymore?”

³⁶ When Jesus overheard^[e] what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid.^(BD) Only believe.” ³⁷ He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter,^(BE) James,^(BF) and John,^(BG) James’s brother. ³⁸ They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹ He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping?^(BH) The child^(BI) is not dead but asleep.”^{(BJ) 40} They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,^(BK) mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. ⁴¹ Then he took the child^(BL) by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”^[f] (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”^(BM)). ⁴² Immediately the girl got up^(BN) and began to walk.^(BO) (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.^{(BP) 43} Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this^(BQ) and told them to give her something to eat.