Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man

(Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39)

1They arrived at the other side of the sea in the territory of the Gerasenes.a 2Just as Jesusb stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him. 3He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain. 4He had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him. 5He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell down in front of him, 7screaming in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in the name ofc God never to torment me!”

8Jesusd had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9Then Jesuse asked him, “What’s your name?”

He told him, “My name is Legion,f because there are many of us.” 10He kept pleading with Jesusg not to send them out of that region.

11Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby. 12So the demonsh begged him, “Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!” 13So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the mani and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the cliff into the sea and drowned there.j

14Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happenedk in the city and countryside. So the peoplel went to see what had happened. 15When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened. 16The people who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs. 17So they began to beg Jesusm to leave their territory.

18As Jesusn was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him to let him go with him. 19But Jesuso wouldn’t let him. Instead, he told him, “Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you.” 20So the manp left and began proclaiming in the Decapolisq how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

Jesus Heals a Woman and Resurrects a Girl

(Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56)

21When Jesus again had crossed to the other side in a boat,r a large crowd gathered around him by the seashore. 22Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus,s he fell at his feet 23and begged him urgently, saying, “My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.” 24So Jesust went with him. A huge crowd kept following him and jostling him.

25Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. 26Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all, but rather grew worse. 27Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe, 28because she had been saying, “If I can just touch his robe, I will get well.” 29Her bleeding stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed from her illness.

30Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

31His disciples asked him, “You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32But he kept looking around to look at the woman who had done this. 33So the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came forward fearfully, fell down trembling in front of him, and told him the whole truth.

34He told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed from your illness.”

35While he was still speaking, some peopleu came from the synagogue leader’s homev and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

36But when Jesus heardw what they said, he told the synagogue leader, “Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing.” 37Jesusx allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

38When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesusy saw mass confusion. Peoplez were crying and sobbing loudly. 39He entered the houseaa and asked them, “Why all this confusion and crying? The child isn’t dead. She’s sleeping.” 40They laughed and laughed at him. But when he had driven all of them outside, he took the child’s father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the roombb where the child was.

41He took her by the hand and told her, “Talitha koum,”cc which means, “Young lady, I tell you, get up!” 42The young lady got up at once and started to walk. She was twelve years old. Instantly they were overcome with astonishment. 43But Jesusdd strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.