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Demons Cast into Pigs
And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit,
who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;
This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.
because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.
Whenever he was put into chains and shackles — as he often was — he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones.
Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.
But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,
When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him.
and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture me!”
For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man.
For Jesus had already said to the spirit, “Come out of the man, you evil spirit.”
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.
Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?”
And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”
And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”
And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.
Now there was there just at the mountain a great herd of swine feeding;
There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby.
and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.
“Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”
And Jesus [immediately] allowed them. And the unclean spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep slope, into the sea (about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.
So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
And those that were feeding them fled and reported it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had taken place.
The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened.
And they come to Jesus, and they see the possessed of demons sitting [and] clothed and sensible, [him] that had had the legion: and they were afraid.
A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.
And they that had seen [it] related to them how it had happened to the [man] possessed by demons, and concerning the swine.
Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the pigs.
And they began to beg him to depart from their coasts.
And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.
And as he went on board ship, the man that had been possessed by demons besought him that he might be with him.
As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him.
And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee.
But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.”
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him; and all wondered.
The Healing Touch of Jesus
And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
And Jesus having passed over in the ship again to the other side, a great crowd gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
Jesus Heals in Response to Faith
Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore.
And [behold] there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him, falls down at his feet;
Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet,
and he besought him much, saying, My little daughter is at extremity; [I pray] that thou shouldest come and lay thy hands upon her so that she may be healed, and may live.
pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.”
And he went with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed on him.
Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him.
And a certain woman who had had a flux of blood twelve years,
A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding.
and had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent everything she had and had found no advantage from it, but had rather got worse,
She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse.
having heard concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind and touched his clothes;
She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.
for she said, If I shall touch but his clothes I shall be healed.
For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
And immediately her fountain of blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was cured from the scourge.
Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.
And immediately Jesus, knowing in himself the power that had gone out of him, turning round in the crowd said, Who has touched my clothes?
Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?”
And his disciples said to him, Thou seest the crowd pressing on thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
And he looked round about to see her who had done this.
But he kept on looking around to see who had done it.
But the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had taken place in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done.
And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith has healed thee; go in peace, and be well of thy scourge.
And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”
While he was yet speaking, they come from the ruler of the synagogue's [house], saying, Thy daughter has died, why troublest thou the teacher any further?
While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. They told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”
But Jesus [immediately], having heard the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not; only believe.
And he suffered no one to accompany him save Peter and James, and John the brother of James.
Then Jesus stopped the crowd and wouldn’t let anyone go with him except Peter, James, and John (the brother of James).
And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and people weeping and wailing greatly.
When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw much commotion and weeping and wailing.
And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.”
And they derided him. But he, having put [them] all out, takes with [him] the father of the child, and the mother, and those that were with him, and enters in where the child was lying.
The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying.
And having laid hold of the hand of the child, he says to her, Talitha koumi, which is, interpreted, Damsel, I say to thee, Arise.
Holding her hand, he said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means “Little girl, get up!”
And immediately the damsel arose and walked, for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with great astonishment.
And the girl, who was twelve years old, immediately stood up and walked around! They were overwhelmed and totally amazed.