Mark 5
5They arrived on the other side of the sea in the country of the Gerasenes.G2532G2064G1519G4008G2281G1519G5561G10462As Jesus got out of the boat, a madman from the cemetery came up to him.G2532G846G1831G1537G4143G2112G528G846G1537G3419G444G1722G169G41513He lived there among the tombs and graves. No one could restrain him—he couldn't be chained, couldn't be tied down.G3739G2192G2731G1722G3419G2532G3762G1410G1210G846G3777G2544He had been tied up many times with chains and ropes, but he broke the chains, snapped the ropes. No one was strong enough to tame him.G1223G846G4178G1210G3976G2532G254G2532G254G1288G5259G846G2532G3976G4937G2532G2480G1150G846G37625Night and day he roamed through the graves and the hills, screaming out and slashing himself with sharp stones.G2532G1275G3571G2532G2250G2258G1722G3735G2532G1722G3418G2896G2532G2629G1438G30376When he saw Jesus a long way off, he ran and bowed in worship before him—G1161G1492G2424G575G3113G5143G2532G4352G8467then bellowed in protest, "What business do you have, Jesus, Son of the High God, messing with me? I swear to God, don't give me a hard time!"G2532G2896G3173G5456G2036G5101G1698G2532G4671G2424G5207G5310G2316G3726G4571G2316G928G3165G33618(Jesus had just commanded the tormenting evil spirit, "Out! Get out of the man!")G1063G3004G846G1831G1537G444G169G41519Jesus asked him, "Tell me your name." He replied, "My name is Mob. I'm a rioting mob."G2532G1905G846G5101G4671G3686G2532G611G3004G3427G3686G3003G3754G2070G418310Then he desperately begged Jesus not to banish them from the country.G2532G3870G846G4183G3363G649G3363G649G846G649G1854G556111A large herd of pigs was browsing and rooting on a nearby hill.G1161G2258G1563G4314G3735G3173G34G5519G100612The demons begged him, "Send us to the pigs so we can live in them."G2532G3956G1142G3870G846G3004G3992G2248G1519G5519G2443G1525G1519G84613Jesus gave the order. But it was even worse for the pigs than for the man. Crazed, they stampeded over a cliff into the sea and drowned.G2532G2112G2424G2010G846G2010G2532G169G4151G1831G1525G1519G5519G2532G34G3729G2596G2911G1519G2281G1161G2258G5613G1367G2532G4155G1722G228114Those tending the pigs, scared to death, bolted and told their story in town and country. Everyone wanted to see what had happened.G1161G1006G5519G5343G2532G312G1519G4172G2532G1519G68G2532G1831G1492G5101G2076G109615They came up to Jesus and saw the madman sitting there wearing decent clothes and making sense, no longer a walking madhouse of a man.G2532G2064G4314G2424G2532G2334G1139G2192G3003G2521G2532G2439G2532G4993G2532G539916Those who had seen it told the others what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs.G2532G1492G1334G846G4459G1096G1139G2532G4012G551917At first they were in awe—and then they were upset, upset over the drowned pigs. They demanded that Jesus leave and not come back.G2532G756G3870G846G565G575G846G372518As Jesus was getting into the boat, the demon-delivered man begged to go along,G2532G846G1684G1519G4143G1139G3870G846G2443G5600G3326G84619but he wouldn't let him. Jesus said, "Go home to your own people. Tell them your story—what the Master did, how he had mercy on you."G1161G2424G863G846G3756G235G3004G846G5217G1519G3624G4675G4314G4674G2532G312G846G3745G2962G4160G4671G2532G1653G457120The man went back and began to preach in the Ten Towns area about what Jesus had done for him. He was the talk of the town.G2532G565G2532G756G2784G1722G1179G3745G2424G4160G846G2532G3956G229621After Jesus crossed over by boat, a large crowd met him at the seaside.G2532G2424G1276G3825G1722G4143G1519G4008G4183G3793G4863G1909G846G2532G2258G3844G228122One of the meeting-place leaders named Jairus came. When he saw Jesus, he fell to his knees,G2532G2400G2064G1520G752G2383G3686G2532G1492G846G4098G4314G846G422823beside himself as he begged, "My dear daughter is at death's door. Come and lay hands on her so she will get well and live."G2532G3870G846G4183G3004G3754G3450G2365G2079G2192G2064G2443G2007G5495G846G3704G4982G2532G219824Jesus went with him, the whole crowd tagging along, pushing and jostling him.G2532G565G3326G846G2532G4183G3793G190G846G2532G4918G84625A woman who had suffered a condition of hemorrhaging for twelve years—G2532G5100G1135G1722G4511G129G5607G1427G209426a long succession of physicians had treated her, and treated her badly, taking all her money and leaving her worse off than before—G2532G3958G4183G5259G4183G2395G2532G1159G3956G1438G3844G2532G5623G3367G5623G235G3123G2064G1519G550127had heard about Jesus. She slipped in from behind and touched his robe.G191G4012G2424G2064G1722G3793G3693G680G846G244028She was thinking to herself, "If I can put a finger on his robe, I can get well."G1063G3004G3754G2579G680G2579G846G2440G498229The moment she did it, the flow of blood dried up. She could feel the change and knew her plague was over and done with.G2532G2112G4077G846G129G3583G2532G1097G4983G3754G2390G575G314830At the same moment, Jesus felt energy discharging from him. He turned around to the crowd and asked, "Who touched my robe?"G2532G2424G2112G1921G1722G1438G1411G1831G1537G846G1994G1722G3793G3004G5101G680G3450G244031His disciples said, "What are you talking about? With this crowd pushing and jostling you, you're asking, 'Who touched me?' Dozens have touched you!"G2532G846G3101G3004G846G991G3793G4918G4571G2532G3004G5101G680G345032But he went on asking, looking around to see who had done it.G2532G4017G1492G4160G512433The woman, knowing what had happened, knowing she was the one, stepped up in fear and trembling, knelt before him, and gave him the whole story.G1161G1135G5399G2532G5141G1492G3739G1096G1909G846G2064G2532G4363G846G2532G2036G846G3956G22534Jesus said to her, "Daughter, you took a risk of faith, and now you're healed and whole. Live well, live blessed! Be healed of your plague."G1161G2036G846G2364G4675G4102G4982G4571G4982G5217G1519G1515G2532G2468G5199G575G4675G314835While he was still talking, some people came from the leader's house and told him, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"G2089G846G2089G2980G2064G575G752G3004G3754G4675G2364G599G5101G4660G1320G208936Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, "Don't listen to them; just trust me."G1161G2112G2424G191G3056G2980G3004G752G5399G3361G5399G3440G410037He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John.G2532G863G3756G3762G4870G846G1508G4074G2532G2385G2532G2491G80G238538They entered the leader's house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles.G2532G2064G1519G3624G752G2532G2334G2351G2799G2532G214G418339Jesus was abrupt: "Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn't dead; she's sleeping."G2532G1525G3004G846G5101G2350G2532G2799G3813G599G3756G599G235G251840Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn't know what he was talking about. But when he had sent them all out, he took the child's father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child's room.G2532G2606G846G2606G1161G1544G537G1544G3880G3962G2532G3384G3813G2532G3326G846G2532G1531G3699G3813G2258G34541He clasped the girl's hand and said, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, get up."G2532G2902G3813G5495G3004G846G5008G2891G3739G2076G3177G2877G3004G4671G145342At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy.G2532G2112G2877G450G2532G4043G1063G2258G1427G2094G2532G1839G3173G161143He gave them strict orders that no one was to know what had taken place in that room. Then he said, "Give her something to eat."G2532G1291G846G4183G2443G3367G1097G5124G2532G2036G1325G846G5315
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