MaRk 5 1145 er side .” 36 Leav ing the crowd be hind , they took him along , just as he was , in the boat . There were also oth er boats with him . 37 A fu ri ous squall came up , and the waves broke over the boat , so that it was near ly swamped . 38 Jesus was in the stern , sleeping on a cush ion . The dis ci ples woke him and said to him , “ Teach er , don ’ t you care if we drown ?”
39 He got up , re buked the wind and said
to the waves , “ Qui et ! Be still !” Then the wind died down and it was com plete ly calm .
40 He said to his dis ci ples , “ Why are you
so afraid ? Do you still have no faith ?”
41 They were ter ri fied and asked each
oth er , “ Who is this ? Even the wind and the waves obey him !”
Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
5They went across the lake to the re gion of the Ger a senes . a 2 When Jesus got out of the boat , a man with an im pure spir it came from the tombs to meet him . 3 This man lived in the tombs , and no one could bind him any more , not even with a chain . 4 For he had of ten been chained hand and foot , but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet . No one was strong enough to sub due him . 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut him self with stones .
6 When he saw Jesus from a dis tance ,
he ran and fell on his knees in front of him . 7 He shout ed at the top of his voice , “ What do you want with me , Jesus , Son of the Most High God ? In God ’ s name don ’ t tor ture me !” 8 For Jesus had said to him , “ Come out of this man , you im pure spir it !”
9 Then Jesus asked him , “ What is your
name ?”
“ My name is Le gion ,” he re plied , “ for we are many .” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area .
11 A large herd of pigs was feed ing on
the near by hill side . 12 The de mons begged Jesus , “ Send us among the pigs ; al low us to go into them .” 13 He gave them per mis sion , and the im pure spir its came out and went into the pigs . The herd , about two thousand in num ber , rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned .
14 Those tend ing the pigs ran off and report ed this in the town and coun try side , and the peo ple went out to see what had hap pened . 15 When they came to Jesus , they saw the man who had been pos sessed by the le gion of de mons , sit ting there , dressed and in his right mind ; and they were afraid . 16 Those who had seen it told the peo ple what had hap pened to the demonpos sessed man — and told about the pigs as well . 17 Then the peo ple be gan to plead with Jesus to leave their re gion .
18 As Jesus was get ting into the boat ,
the man who had been de monpos sessed begged to go with him . 19 Jesus did not let him , but said , “ Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you , and how he has had mercy on you .” 20 So the man went away and be gan to tell in the De cap o lis b how much Jesus had done for him . And all the peo ple were amazed .
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by
boat to the oth er side of the lake , a large crowd gath ered around him while he was
a 1 Some manuscripts Gadarenes ; other manuscripts Gergesenes b 20 That is , the Ten Cities answer
If you answered . . . A . Go to Romans 12:2 .
B . Go to Matthew 11:28 – 30 .
C . Go to Ecclesiastes 2:1 – 11 .
it on !