Mark 5

ABU^{(i) 1} AND they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. ² And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ³ who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one could any longer bind him, not even with chains. ⁴ Because he had often been bound with fetters and chains; and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces, and no one could tame him. ⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ But seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and bowed down to him, ⁷ and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me. ⁸ For he said to him: Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man. ⁹ And he asked him: What is thy name? And he says to him: My name is Legion; because we are many. ¹⁰ And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. ¹¹ And there was there, by the mountain, a great herd of swine feeding. ¹² And all the demons besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. ¹³ And immediately Jesus gave them leave. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered into the swine. And the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, about two thousand, and were choked in the sea. ¹⁴ And they who fed them fled, and reported it in the city and in the country. And they came to see what it was that was done. ¹⁵ And they come to Jesus, and see him who was possessed with demons, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him who had the legion, and they were afraid. ¹⁶ And they who saw it related to them how it befell him who was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine. ¹⁷ And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders. ¹⁸ And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been possessed with demons besought him that he might be with him. ¹⁹ And he suffered him not; but says to him: Go into thy house, to thy friends, and announce to them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and had compassion on thee. ²⁰ And he departed, and began to publish in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all wondered. ²¹ And Jesus having passed over again in the ship to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea. ²² And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet, ²³ and besought him much, saying: My little daughter lies at the point of death. I pray thee come, and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed and live. ²⁴ And he went with him; and a great multitude was following him, and thronging him. ²⁵ And a certain woman, who had a flow of blood twelve years, ²⁶ and had suffered much by many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not at all benefited but rather grew worse, ²⁷ hearing of Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment. ²⁸ For she said: If I touch even his garments, I shall be made whole. ²⁹ And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she perceived in her body that she was healed of that plague. ³⁰ And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him, turned about in the crowd, and said: Who touched my garments? ³¹ And his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou: Who touched me? ³² And he looked around to see her who had done this. ³³ But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what was done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. ³⁴ And he said to her: Daughter, thy faith has made thee whole; go in peace, and be healed of thy plague. ³⁵ While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying: Thy daughter is dead; why troublest thou the Teacher any further? ³⁶ And Jesus, overhearing the word that was spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue: Be not afraid; only believe. ³⁷ And he suffered no one to follow with him, save 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 tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly. ³⁹ And entering in, he says to them: Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping. ⁴⁰ And they laughed him to scorn. But he, putting them all out, takes the father of the child, and the mother, and those who were with him, and enters in where the child was. ⁴¹ And taking the hand of the child, he says to her: Talitha kumi; which is interpreted, Damsel, I say to thee, arise. ⁴² And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. ⁴³ And he charged them strictly that no one should know this. And he commanded that something should be given her to eat.