Demons Driven Out by Jesus
1They5:1–20 Mt 8:28–34; Lk 8:26–39 came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.5:1 Some mss read Gadarenes; other mss read Gergesenes
2As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean5:2 2Co 6:17 spirit5:2 Lk 11:24 came out of the tombs5:2 Jn 5:28 and met him.
3He lived in the tombs,5:3 Lk 23:53 and no one was able to restrain him anymore — not even with a chain5:3 Mk 15:1 —
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.
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“What is your name?” he asked him.
“My name is Legion,”5:9 Mt 26:53; Lk 8:30 he answered him, “because we are many.”
10And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.
11A large herd of pigs5:11 Mt 7:6; 8:30–32; Lk 8:32–33; 15:15–16 was there, feeding5:11 Jn 21:15 on the hillside.
12The demons5:12 Other mss read All the demons begged him, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
14The men who tended them ran off5:14 Jms 4:7 and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.
15They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed,5:15 Mt 9:325:15 Mk 5:9 sitting there, dressed and in his right mind;5:15 1Pt 4:7 and they were afraid.5:15 Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
16Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed5:16 Mt 9:32 man and told about the pigs.
17Then they began to beg him to leave their region.
18As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him.
A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed
21When5:21–43 Mt 9:18–26; Lk 8:40–56 Jesus had crossed over again by boat5:21 Other mss omit by boat to the other side, a large crowd5:21 Mk 2:4 gathered around him while he was by the sea.
22One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,5:22 Lk 8:41 came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet5:22 Rv 19:10
23and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on5:23 1Tm 5:22 her so that she can get well5:23 Or she might be saved5:23 Mk 6:56 and live.”
24So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.
26had endured5:26 Php 1:29 much under many doctors.5:26 Col 4:14 She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.
31His disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
32But he was looking around to see who had done this.
36When Jesus overheard5:36 Or ignored what was said, he told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid.5:36 Jn 6:20 Only believe.”
37He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter,5:37 Lk 6:14 James,5:37 Ac 12:2 and John,5:37 Jn 21:7 James’s brother.
38They came to the leader’s house, and he saw a commotion — people weeping and wailing loudly.
39He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping?5:39 Mt 9:23 The child5:39 Lk 1:7 is not dead but asleep.”5:39 Mt 9:24
40They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child’s father,5:40 Col 3:21 mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was.
41Then he took the child5:41 Lk 1:7 by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum”5:41 An Aramaic expression (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up”5:41 Mk 1:31; 2:11; 4:27,38; 9:27; 14:41–42).
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