Bible Gateway passage: Mark 5 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (2024)

The Gerasene Demoniac

5^(A)They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. ²When He got out of ^(B)the boat, immediately a man from the tombs ^(C)with an unclean spirit met Him, ³and he 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. ⁵Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. ⁶Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; ⁷and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, “^[a](D)What business do we have with each other, Jesus, ^(E)Son of ^(F)the 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 ^(G)Legion; for we are many.” ¹⁰And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country. ¹¹Now there was a large herd of swine feeding ^[b]nearby on the mountain. ¹²The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.” ¹³Jesus 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.

¹⁴Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been ^(H)demon-possessed sitting down, ^(I)clothed and ^(J)in his right mind, the very man who had had the “^(K)legion”; and they became frightened. ¹⁶Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the ^(L)demon-possessed man, and all about the swine. ¹⁷And they began to ^(M)implore Him to leave their region. ^18(N)As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been ^(O)demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might ^[c]accompany Him. ¹⁹And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “^(P)Go home to your people and report to them ^[d]what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” ²⁰And he went away and began to ^(Q)proclaim in ^(R)Decapolis ^[e]what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

Miracles and Healing

^21(S)When Jesus had crossed over again in ^(T)the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He ^[f]stayed ^(U)by the seashore. ^22(V)One of ^(W)the synagogue ^[g]officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet ²³and *implored Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and ^(X)lay Your hands on her, so that she will ^[h]get well and live.” ²⁴And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

²⁵A woman who had 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 ^[i]cloak. ²⁸For she ^[j]thought, “If I just touch His garments, I will ^[k]get well.” ²⁹Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her ^(Y)affliction. ³⁰Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that ^(Z)the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched My garments?” ³¹And His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’” ³²And He looked 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, ^(AA)your faith has ^[l]made you well; ^(AB)go in peace and be healed of your ^(AC)affliction.”

³⁵While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the ^(AD)synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?” ³⁶But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the ^(AE)synagogue official, “^(AF)Do not be afraid any longer, only ^[m]believe.” ³⁷And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except ^(AG)Peter and ^[n]James and John the brother of ^[o]James. ³⁸They *came to the house of the ^(AH)synagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing. ³⁹And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.” ⁴⁰They 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. ⁴¹Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, ^(AI)I say to you, get up!”). ⁴²Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded. ⁴³And He ^(AJ)gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that something should be given her to eat.