Mark 5 — Legacy Standard Bible

Jesus Saves a Man with Many Demons

5^aThen they came to the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes. ²And when He got out of ^athe boat, immediately a man from the tombs ^bwith an unclean spirit met Him, ³who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; ⁴because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. ⁵And constantly, night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and gashing himself with stones. ⁶And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; ⁷and crying out with a loud voice, he *said, “¹^,^aWhat do I have to do with You, Jesus, ^bSon of ^cthe Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!” ⁸For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” ⁹And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he *said to Him, “My name is ^aLegion; for we are many.” ¹⁰And he began pleading with Him earnestly not to send them out of the region. ¹¹Now there was a large herd of swine feeding ¹nearby on the mountain. ¹²And the demons pleaded with Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.” ¹³And Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

¹⁴And their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵And they *came to Jesus and *observed the ^ademon-possessed man sitting down, ^bclothed and ^cin his right mind, the very man who had the “^dlegion”; and they became frightened. ¹⁶And those who had seen it recounted to them how this had happened to the ^ademon-possessed man, and all about the swine. ¹⁷And they began to ^aplead with Him to leave their region. ¹⁸^aAnd as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been ^bdemon-possessed was pleading with Him that he might ¹accompany Him. ¹⁹And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “^aGo home to your people and report to them ¹what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” ²⁰And he went away and began to ^apreach in the ^bDecapolis ¹what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was marveling.

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus’ Daughter

²¹^aAnd when Jesus had crossed over again in ^bthe boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He ¹stayed ^cby the seashore. ²²^aAnd one of ^bthe synagogue ¹officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet ²³and *pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come, that by coming, ^aYou may lay Your hands on her, so that she will ¹be saved and live.” ²⁴And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

²⁵And a woman—who had a hemorrhage for twelve years ²⁶and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse— ²⁷after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His garment. ²⁸For she was saying, “If I just touch His garments, I will ¹be saved from this.” ²⁹And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she knew within her body that she had been healed of her ^aaffliction. ³⁰And immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that ^athe power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and was saying, “Who touched My garments?” ³¹And His disciples were saying to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’” ³²And He was looking around to see the woman who had done this. ³³But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. ³⁴And He said to her, “Daughter, ^ayour faith has ¹saved you; ^bgo in peace and be healed of your ^caffliction.”

³⁵While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the ^asynagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?” ³⁶But Jesus, overhearing what had been spoken, *said to the ^asynagogue official, “^bDo not be afraid, only ¹believe.” ³⁷And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except ^aPeter and James and John the brother of James. ³⁸And they *came to the house of the ^asynagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly crying and wailing. ³⁹And entering in, He *said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and crying? The child has not died, but is asleep.” ⁴⁰And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was. ⁴¹And taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, ^aI say to you, arise!”). ⁴²And immediately the little girl stood up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded. ⁴³And He ^agave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that some food should be given to her to eat.