Mark - Chapter 5

Passage

And they came across the sea into the country of the Gerasenes. And as soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs to meet him. He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with chains. For he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he had burst the chains and broken the shackles to pieces, and no one could tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the tombs and in the mountains, crying out and cutting himself with stones. And seeing Jesus from far away, he ran and adored him. And crying with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beg you by God, do not torment me. For he said to him: Go out of the man, you unclean spirit. And he asked him: What is your name? And he says to him: My name is Legion, for we are many. And he begged him earnestly not to drive him away out of the country. Now there near the mountain a great herd of swine was feeding. And the spirits begged him, saying: Send us into the swine, so that we may enter them. And Jesus at once gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine; and the herd, about two thousand, rushed violently down into the sea and were drowned in the sea. And those who fed them ran away and told it in the city and in the fields. And people went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus, and they see the man who had been troubled by the devil sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them what had happened to the man who had the devil, and about the swine. And they began to beg him to leave their region. And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been troubled by the devil begged him that he might be with him. But he did not allow him, and says to him: Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you. And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed. And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him, and he was near the sea. And one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, comes, and seeing him, falls down at his feet. And he begged him earnestly, saying: My daughter is at the point of death. Come, lay your hand on her, so that she may be saved and may live. And he went with him, and a great crowd followed him and pressed around him. And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years, And had suffered many things from many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said: If I touch even his garment, I shall be made well. And immediately the flow of her blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her illness. And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned to the crowd and said: Who has touched my garments? And his disciples said to him: You see the crowd pressing around you, and you ask who has touched me? And he looked around to see the woman who had done this. But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. And he said to her: Daughter, your faith has made you whole. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease. While he was still speaking, some people came from the house of the ruler of the synagogue, saying: Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the master any further? But Jesus, hearing what was said, says to the ruler of the synagogue: Do not be afraid, only believe. And he did not allow anyone to follow him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and he sees a commotion, and people weeping and wailing loudly. And going in, he says to them: Why are you making this commotion and weeping? The girl is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed at him. But he put them all out, takes the father and the mother of the girl and those who were with him, and goes in where the girl was lying. And taking the girl by the hand, he says to her: Talitha cumi, which means: Little girl (I say to you), arise. And immediately the girl got up and walked, for she was twelve years old; and they were overcome with amazement. And he strictly ordered them that no one should know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.