The Good News According to Mark, Chapter 5
{5:1} They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of
the Gadarenes. {5:2} When he had come out of the boat, immediately a
man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs. {5:3} He lived in
the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains, {5:4}
because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the
chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces.
Nobody had the strength to tame him. {5:5} Always, night and day, in
the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself
with stones. {5:6} When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down
to him, {5:7} and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I
to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by
God, don't torment me." {5:8} For he said to him, "Come out of the
man, you unclean spirit!"
{5:9} He asked him, "What is your name?"
He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many." {5:10} He
begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
{5:11} Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
{5:12} All the demons begged him, saying, "Send us into the pigs, that
we may enter into them."
{5:13} At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came
out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed
down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
{5:14} Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the
country.
The people came to see what it was that had happened. {5:15} They
came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting,
clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they
were afraid. {5:16} Those who saw it declared to them how it happened
to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs. {5:17} They
began to beg him to depart from their region.
{5:18} As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed
by demons begged him that he might be with him. {5:19} He didn't allow
him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell
them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy
on you."
{5:20} He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus
had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
{5:21} When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other
side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
{5:22} Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name,
came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet, {5:23} and begged him much,
saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and
lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live."
{5:24} He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and
they pressed upon him on all sides. {5:25} A certain woman, who had an
issue of blood for twelve years, {5:26} and had suffered many things
by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better,
but rather grew worse, {5:27} having heard the things concerning
Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd, and touched his clothes.
{5:28} For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made
well." {5:29} Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she
felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
{5:30} Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had
gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched
my clothes?"
{5:31} His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing
against you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
{5:32} He looked around to see her who had done this thing. {5:33}
But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to
her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
{5:34} He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go
in peace, and be cured of your disease."
{5:35} While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue
ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher
any more?"
{5:36} But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said
to the ruler of the synagogue, "Don't be afraid, only believe." {5:37}
He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the
brother of James. {5:38} He came to the synagogue ruler's house, and
he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing. {5:39} When he had
entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The
child is not dead, but is asleep."
{5:40} They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the
father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went
in where the child was lying. {5:41} Taking the child by the hand, he
said to her, "Talitha cumi!" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I
tell you, get up!" {5:42} Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for
she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.
{5:43} He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and
commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
________________________________________________________________________
The World English Bible is dedicated to the Public Domain by the
translators and editors. It is not copyrighted. "World English Bible"
and the World English Bible logo are a trademarks of Rainbow Missions,
Inc. They may only be used to identify this translation of the Holy
Bible as published by Rainbow Missions, Inc., and faithful copies and
quotations. "Faithful copies" include copies converted to other formats
(i. e. HTML, PDF, etc.) or typeset differently, without altering the
text of the Scriptures. Use of the markings of direct quotes of Jesus
Christ for different rendition (i. e. red text) is optional. Comments
and typo reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED] are welcome. Please make sure
"WEB comment" is in the subject line to ensure that your email is not
deleted by our spam filters. Please see http://eBible.org/web/ for
updates, revision status, free downloads, and printed edition purchase
information.
___
This Bible reading mailing list and web site are paid for by donations
marked "World English Bible project" and payable to:
Rainbow Missions
PO BOX 275
MESA CO 81643-0275
To help support the senior editor, please see http://eBible.org/mpj/
To cancel your free email subscription, please send
email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
unsubscribe bible
in the body of the message OR go to http://ebible.org/subscribe.htm
