Mark 5

1 And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. [a] 2 And when he had come out of the boat, at once a man out of the tombs met him, a man with an unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain, [b] 4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to tame him. 5 And all the time, night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

6 And seeing Jesus from far off he ran and bowed down to him, 7 and crying out with a loud voice he says, “What is there between me and you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I put you under oath by God — do not torment me.” [c] 8 For he was saying to him, “Come out of the man, unclean spirit.” † 9 And he was asking him, “What is your name?” And he says to him, “Legion is my name, because we are many.” 10 And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

11 Now there was a great herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain; 12 and they begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.” 13 And he allowed them. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the cliff into the sea — about two thousand of them — and they were drowned in the sea.

14 And those feeding them fled and reported it in the city and in the fields; and they came to see what it was that had happened. 15 And they come to Jesus, and they see the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind — the man who had had the legion — and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs. 17 And they began to beg him to go away from their borders.

18 And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him. 19 And he did not let him, but says to him, “Go to your house, to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you, and that he had mercy on you.” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

21 And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to him, and he was beside the sea. 22 And one of the rulers of the synagogue comes, Jairus by name, and seeing him he falls at his feet 23 and begs him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the end. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be saved and live.” [d] 24 And he went away with him. And a large crowd was following him, and they were pressing in on him.

25 And a woman who had been in a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered much under many doctors and had spent everything she had, and was no better but had rather come to the worse — 27 hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd from behind and touched his cloak; 28 for she was saying, “If I touch even his clothes, I will be saved.” 29 And at once the spring of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was healed of the scourge. [e]

30 And at once Jesus, knowing in himself that power had gone out of him, turned around in the crowd and was saying, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 And his disciples were saying to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 And he was looking around to see the woman who had done this. 33 But the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace, and be well of your scourge.”

35 While he was still speaking, people come from the ruler of the synagogue, saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any further?” 36 But Jesus, overhearing the word being spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only trust.” [f] 37 And he did not let anyone follow along with him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and he sees a commotion, and people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 And going in he says to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child did not die, but is sleeping.” 40 And they laughed at him. But he put them all out and takes the father of the child and the mother and those with him, and goes in where the child was.

41 And taking hold of the child’s hand he says to her, “Talitha koum,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.” [g] 42 And at once the girl got up and was walking about, for she was twelve years old. And at once they were beside themselves with great amazement. 43 And he gave them strict orders that no one should know this, and said that she should be given something to eat. †