8:26 So 1 they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, 2 which is opposite 3 Galilee. 8:27 As 4 Jesus 5 stepped ashore, 6 a certain man from the town 7 met him who was possessed by demons. 8 For a long time this man 9 had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among 10 the tombs. 8:28 When he saw 11 Jesus, he cried out, fell 12 down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, 13 Jesus, Son of the Most High 14 God! I beg you, do not torment 15 me!” 8:29 For Jesus 16 had started commanding 17 the evil 18 spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so 19 he would be bound with chains and shackles 20 and kept under guard. But 21 he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted 22 places.) 23 8:30 Jesus then 24 asked him, “What is your name?” He 25 said, “Legion,” 26 because many demons had entered him. 8:31 And they began to beg 27 him not to order 28 them to depart into the abyss. 29 8:32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 30 and the demonic spirits 31 begged Jesus 32 to let them go into them. He gave them permission. 33 8:33 So 34 the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs 35 rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned. 8:34 When 36 the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news 37 in the town 38 and countryside. 8:35 So 39 the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They 40 found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 8:36 Those 41 who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed. 42 8:37 Then 43 all the people of the Gerasenes 44 and the surrounding region 45 asked Jesus 46 to leave them alone, 47 for they were seized with great fear. 48 So 49 he got into the boat and left. 50 8:38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go 51 with him, but Jesus 52 sent him away, saying, 8:39 “Return to your home, 53 and declare 54 what God has done for you.” 55 So 56 he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town 57 what Jesus 58 had done for him.
8:40 Now when Jesus returned, 59 the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. 8:41 Then 60 a man named Jairus, who was a ruler 61 of the synagogue, 62 came up. Falling 63 at Jesus’ feet, he pleaded 64 with him to come to his house, 8:42 because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. 65
As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed 66 around him. 8:43 Now 67 a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage 68 for twelve years 69 but could not be healed by anyone. 8:44 She 70 came up behind Jesus 71 and touched the edge 72 of his cloak, 73 and at once the bleeding 74 stopped. 8:45 Then 75 Jesus asked, 76 “Who was it who touched me?” When they all denied it, Peter 77 said, “Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing 78 against you!” 8:46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out 79 from me.” 8:47 When 80 the woman saw that she could not escape notice, 81 she came trembling and fell down before him. In 82 the presence of all the people, she explained why 83 she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed. 8:48 Then 84 he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. 85 Go in peace.”
8:49 While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler’s 86 house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer.” 8:50 But when Jesus heard this, he told 87 him, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” 88 8:51 Now when he came to the house, Jesus 89 did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, 90 and James, and the child’s father and mother. 8:52 Now they were all 91 wailing and mourning 92 for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.” 8:53 And they began making fun 93 of him, because they knew 94 that she was dead. 95 8:54 But Jesus 96 gently took her by the hand and said, 97 “Child, get up.” 8:55 Her 98 spirit returned, 99 and she got up immediately. Then 100 he told them to give her something to eat. 8:56 Her 101 parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one 102 what had happened.