1100 Mark 5 Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
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They came to the other side of the sea , to the country of the Gerasenes . a 2 And when he had stepped out of the boat , immediately a man out of the tombs with an unclean spirit met him . 3 He lived among the tombs ; and no one could restrain him any more , even with a chain ; 4 for he had often been restrained with shackles and chains , but the chains he wrenched apart , and the shackles he broke in pieces ; and no one had the strength to subdue him . 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always howling and bruising himself with stones . 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance , he ran and bowed down before him ; 7 and he shouted at the top of his voice , “ What have you to do with me , Jesus , Son of the Most High God ? I adjure you by God , do not torment me .” 8 For he had said to him , “ Come out of the man , you unclean spirit !” 9 Then Jesus b asked him , “ What is your name ?” He replied , “ My name is Legion ; for we are many .” 10 He begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country . 11 Now there on the hillside a great herd of swine was feeding ; 12 and the unclean spirits c begged him , “ Send us into the swine ; let us enter them .” 13 So he gave them permission . And the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine ; and the herd , numbering about two thousand , rushed down the steep bank into the sea , and were drowned in the sea .
14 The swineherds ran off and told it in the city and in the country . Then people came to see what it was that had happened . 15 They came to Jesus and saw the demoniac sitting there , clothed and in his right mind , the very man who had had the legion ; and they were afraid . 16 Those who had seen what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine reported it . 17 Then they began to beg Jesus d to leave their neighborhood . 18 As he was getting into the boat , the man who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him . 19 But Jesus b refused , and said to him , “ Go home to your friends , and tell them how much the Lord has done for you , and what mercy he has shown you .” 20 And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him ; and everyone was amazed .
Can demons really possess people ?
5.18 Demons are real , and they can control people ’ s lives and make them do evil things . We should have nothing to do with demons — even pretend demons shown in some movies . The movies people make about demons leave out one important fact : Even thousands of demons cannot stand against Jesus . Jesus protects us when we invite him into our lives .
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21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat e to the other side , a great crowd gathered around him ; and he was by the sea . 22 Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and , when he saw him , fell at his feet 23 and begged him repeatedly , “ My little daughter is at the point of death . Come and lay your hands on her , so that she may be made well , and live .” 24 So he went with him .
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him . 25 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years . 26 She had endured much under many physicians , and had spent all that she had ; and she was no better , but rather grew worse . 27 She had heard about Jesus , and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak , 28 for she said , “ If I but touch his clothes , I will be made well .” 29 Immediately her hemorrhage stopped ; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease . 30 Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him , Jesus turned about in the crowd and said , “ Who touched my clothes ?” 31 And his disciples said to him , “ You see the crowd pressing in on you ; how can you
a 5.1 Other ancient authorities read Gergesenes ;
others , Gadarenes b 5.9,19 Gk he c 5.12 Gk they d 5.17 Gk him e 5.21 Other ancient authorities lack in the boat