1And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
2And when he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit immediately met him, coming from the tombs.
3He had his dwelling among the tombs, and no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain.
4For he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains were torn apart by him and the fetters shattered, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
5And always, night and day, he was in the tombs and in the mountains, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
7And crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”
8For he had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
9And he asked him, “What is your name?” And he said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
10And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.
11Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside.
12And they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
13And he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs, and the herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
14And those tending them fled and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And people came to see what it was that had happened.
15And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man—the one who had had the legion—sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
16And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the pigs.
17And they began to beg him to depart from their region.
18As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him that he might be with him.
19But he did not permit him. Instead, he said to him, “Go home to your own people and report to them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”
20And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.
21And when Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to him, and he was by the sea.
22And one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came. And seeing him, he fell at his feet
23and begged him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live.”
24And he went with him. And a large crowd was following him and pressing in on him.
25And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
26who had suffered much under many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse.
27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
28For she was saying, “If I touch even his garments, I will be healed.”
29And immediately the source of her bleeding dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
30And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?”
31And his disciples said to him, ‘You see the crowd pressing in on you, and you say, “Who touched me?”’
32And he was looking around to see the one who had done this.
33But the woman, afraid and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
34And he said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction.’
35While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying, ‘Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher any further?’
36But Jesus, overhearing the word that was spoken, said to the synagogue ruler, ‘Do not be afraid; only believe.’
37And he did not allow anyone to follow with him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
38And they came to the house of the synagogue ruler, and he saw a commotion, and people weeping and wailing loudly.
39And when he had entered, he said to them, ‘Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child has not died but is sleeping.’
40And they began to laugh at him. But he put everyone out, and took with him the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
41And taking the child by the hand, he said to her, ‘Talitha koum,’ which is translated, ‘Little girl, I say to you, arise.’
42And immediately the little girl got up and began to walk around, for she was twelve years old. And they were immediately overcome with great astonishment.
43And he strictly ordered them that no one should know about this, and he said that she should be given something to eat.
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