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5:1  They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
5:2  When Jesus got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,
5:3  and the man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with chains.
5:4  For he had often been bound with shackles [for the feet] and with chains, and he tore apart the chains and broke the shackles into pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue and tame him.
5:5  Night and day he was constantly screaming and shrieking among the tombs and on the mountains, and cutting himself with [sharp] stones.
5:6  Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him [in homage];
5:7  and screaming with a loud voice, he said, “What business do we have in common with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God [swear to me], do not torment me!”
5:8  For Jesus had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
5:9  He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion; for we are many.”
5:10  And he began begging Him repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
5:11  Now there was a large herd of pigs grazing there on the mountain.
5:12  And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the pigs so that we may go into them!”
5:13  Jesus gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered the pigs. The herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea; and they were drowned [one after the other] in the sea.
5:14  The herdsmen [tending the pigs] ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what had happened.
5:15  They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had [previously] had the “legion” [of demons]; and they were frightened.
5:16  Those who had seen it described [in detail] to the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and [told them all] about the pigs.
5:17  So the people began to beg with Jesus to leave their region.
5:18  As He was stepping into the boat, the [Gentile] man who had been demon-possessed was begging with Him [asking] that he might go with Him [as a disciple].
5:19  Jesus did not let him [come], but [instead] He said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them all the great things that the Lord has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.”
5:20  So he [obeyed and] went away and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten Hellenistic cities] all the great things that Jesus had done for him; and all the people were astonished.
5:21  When Jesus had again crossed over in the boat to the other side [of the sea], a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.
5:22  One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up; and seeing Him, fell at His feet
5:23  and begged anxiously with Him, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; [please] come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
5:24  And Jesus went with him; and a large crowd followed Him and pressed in around Him [from all sides].
5:25  A woman [in the crowd] had [suffered from] a hemorrhage for twelve years,
5:26  and had endured much [suffering] at the hands of many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but instead had become worse.
5:27  She had heard [reports] about Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His outer robe.
5:28  For she thought, “If I just touch His clothing, I will get well.”
5:29  Immediately her flow of blood was dried up; and she felt in her body [and knew without any doubt] that she was healed of her suffering.
5:30  Immediately Jesus, recognizing in Himself that power had gone out from Him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched My clothes?”
5:31  His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in around You [from all sides], and You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
5:32  Still He kept looking around to see the woman who had done it.
5:33  And the woman, though she was afraid and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth.
5:34  Then He said to her, “Daughter, your faith [your personal trust and confidence in Me] has restored you to health; go in peace and be [permanently] healed from your suffering.”
5:35  While He was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue official’s house, saying [to Jairus], “Your daughter has died; why bother the Teacher any longer?”
5:36  Overhearing what was being said, Jesus said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; only keep on believing [in Me and my power].”
5:37  And He allowed no one to go with Him [as witnesses], except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
5:38  They came to the house of the synagogue official; and He looked [with understanding] at the uproar and commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing [in mourning].
5:39  When He had gone in, He said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is sleeping.”
5:40  They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all go outside, and took along the child’s father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was.
5:41  Taking the child’s hand, He said [tenderly] to her, “Talitha kum!” —which translated [from Aramaic] means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
5:42  The little girl immediately got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they [who witnessed the child’s resurrection] were overcome with great wonder and utter amazement.
5:43  He gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.