CHAPTER 5
As soon as
Jesus
got
out of
the
boat,
a man
with
an unclean
spirit
came from
the
tombs
and met
Him.
Though
he
was often
bound
with chains
and
shackles,
he had broken
the
chains
and
shattered
the
shackles.
Now
no one
had the strength
to subdue
him.
Night
and
day
in
the
tombs
and
in
the
mountains,
he
kept
crying out
and
cutting
himself
with stones.
And
he shouted
in a loud voice,
“What
do You want
with me,
Jesus,
Son
of
the
Most High
God?
I beg
You
before God
not
to torture
me!”
He gave them permission,
and
the
unclean
spirits
came out
and went
into
the
pigs,
and
the
herd
of about
two thousand
rushed
down
the
steep bank
into
the
sea
and
drowned
in
the
water.
Those
tending
the pigs
ran off
and
reported this
in
the
town
and
countryside,
and
the people went out
to see
what
had happened.
When
they came
to
Jesus,
they saw
the man who
had been possessed
by the
legion of demons
sitting there,
clothed
and
in his right mind;
and
they were afraid.
Those
who had seen it
described
what
had happened
to the
demon-possessed man
and
also to
the
pigs.
As
He
was getting
into
the
boat,
the man
who had been possessed by the demons
begged
to
go
with
Him.
But
Jesus would not allow
him.
“Go
home
to
your own people,”
He said,
“and
tell
them
how much
the
Lord
has done
for you,
and
what mercy He has shown
you.”
So
the man went away
and
began
to proclaim
throughout
the
Decapolis
how much
Jesus
had done
for him.
And
everyone
was amazed.
When
Jesus
had again crossed
by
boat
to
the
other side,
a large
crowd
gathered
around
Him
beside
the
sea.
and
pleaded with
Him
urgently,
“My
little daughter
is
near death.
Please
come
and place
Your
hands
on her,
so that
she will be healed
and
live.”
She had suffered
greatly
under the care of
many
physicians
and
had spent
all
she had,
but
to no
avail.
Instead,
her condition had only grown
worse.
When the woman heard
about
Jesus,
she came up
through
the
crowd
behind Him
and touched
His
cloak.
At that instant,
her
bleeding
stopped,
and
she sensed
in her
body
that
she was healed
of
her
affliction.
At once
Jesus
was aware
that
power
had gone
out from
Him.
Turning
to
the
crowd,
He asked,
“Who
touched
My
clothes?”
His
disciples
answered,
“You can see
the
crowd
pressing in on
You,
and yet
You ask,
‘Who
touched
Me?’”
Then
the
woman,
knowing
what
had happened
to her,
came
and
fell down before
Him
trembling
in fear,
and
she told
Him
the
whole
truth.
While He was still speaking,
messengers from
the house of Jairus
arrived
and said,
“Your
daughter
is dead;
why
bother
the
Teacher
anymore?”
When
they arrived
at
the
house
of
Jairus,
Jesus saw
the commotion
and
the people weeping
and
wailing
loudly.
He went inside
and asked,
“Why
all this commotion
and
weeping?
The
child
is not dead,
but
asleep.”
And
they laughed at
Him.
After
He
had sent them all out,
He took
the
child’s
father
and
mother
and
His own companions,
and
went in
to see
the
child.
Taking
her
by the
hand,
Jesus said,
“Talitha
koum!”
which
means,
“Little girl,
I say
to you,
get up!”
Immediately
the
girl
got up
and
began to walk around.
She was
twelve
years old,
and
at once
they were overcome
with astonishment.
Then
Jesus gave strict orders
that
no one
should know about
this,
and
He told them
to give
her
something to eat.