治好被鬼附身的人
1他們來到湖對岸的格拉森地區。 2耶穌剛下船，就遇見一個被污鬼附身的人從墳場迎面而來。 3那人以墳場為家，從來沒有人能把他捆住，就算用鐵鏈也鎖不住他。 4儘管有人多次用鐵鏈和腳鐐鎖住他，但他掙斷了鐵鏈，砸碎了腳鐐。沒有人能制伏他。 5他晝夜在墳場和山野間大喊大叫，又用石頭砍自己。
6他遠遠看見耶穌，就跑過去跪下來拜祂，喊著說： 7「至高上帝的兒子耶穌啊，我和你有什麼關係？看在上帝的份上，求你不要折磨我！」 8原來，耶穌已經對他身上的鬼說：「污鬼，從這人身上出來！」
9耶穌問：「你叫什麼名字？」
他說：「我的名字叫『群』，因為我們是一大群。」
10接著污鬼再三哀求耶穌，不要把牠們逐出那個地區。 11當時有一大群豬在附近山坡上覓食。 12污鬼就哀求耶穌說：「讓我們到豬群裡去，附在牠們身上吧！」
13耶穌允許了，污鬼就離開那人，進入豬群。那群豬就一路奔下陡坡，衝進湖裡淹死了，約有兩千頭。
14放豬的人都嚇跑了。他們把這消息傳遍了城裡鄉間，於是人人都跑來看個究竟。 15他們到了耶穌那裡，看見那一度被群鬼附身的人神智清醒、衣著整齊地坐在那裡，都很害怕。 16目睹這件事的人向他們講述整個經過。 17他們請耶穌離開他們的地方。
18耶穌上了船準備離開的時候，那被鬼附過的人懇求耶穌讓他隨行。 19耶穌沒有答應，只對他說：「回去見你的家人，將主為你所做的事和祂憐憫你的經過告訴他們吧！」
20這人就回到低加坡里一帶宣揚耶穌為他所行的奇事，大家都很驚奇。
耶穌醫治有信心的人
21耶穌再坐船回到對岸，立刻有一大群人在岸邊圍著祂。 22人群中有一位會堂的主管名叫雅魯，他一見到耶穌便俯伏在祂腳前， 23懇求說：「我小女兒快要死了，求你去把手按在她身上，醫治她，救她一命。」
24耶穌和他同去，一大群人跟著祂，擁擠著祂。
25有一個婦人患血漏病已經十二年， 26經過許多醫生的診治，受盡痛苦，耗盡錢財，病情仍沒有好轉，反而更加嚴重。 27她聽見耶穌的事，就夾在人群中擠到耶穌背後摸祂的衣服， 28心想：「只要摸到祂的衣服，我就痊癒了！」
29她的血漏立刻停止了，她感到自己痊癒了。 30耶穌馬上知道有能力從自己身上發出，便在人群中轉過身來問：「誰摸了我的衣服？」
31門徒對祂說：「你看，這麼多人在你周圍擠來擠去，你怎麼問誰摸你呢？」
32耶穌環視四周，要找出摸祂的人。 33那婦人害怕得發抖，她知道在自己身上發生了什麼事，於是上前俯伏在耶穌面前，將實情說了出來。
34耶穌說：「女兒，你的信心救了你。安心地回去吧！你的病好了。」
35耶穌還在說話的時候，有人從雅魯家中趕來，對雅魯說：「你的女兒已經死了，何必麻煩老師呢？」
36耶穌聽了，便對雅魯說：「不要怕，只要信。」 37於是，祂帶著彼得、雅各和雅各的弟弟約翰去雅魯家，不准其他人跟著。 38他們到了那裡，只見在場的人嚎啕大哭，場面混亂。 39耶穌進去問道：「你們為什麼大哭大嚷呢？這孩子並沒有死，只是睡著了。」
40這些人聽了，都譏笑祂。耶穌讓他們全部出去，然後帶著孩子的父母和三個門徒進了房間。 41祂拉著孩子的手說：「大利大，古米！」意思是：「小女孩，我吩咐你起來！」
42小女孩應聲而起，並且可以走動，那時她十二歲。在場的人都驚奇不已。 43耶穌鄭重叮囑他們不要把這事張揚出去，又吩咐他們給女孩東西吃。
Jesus restores a demon-possessed man
1They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.5:1 Some manuscripts Gadarenes; other manuscripts Gergesenes 2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3This man lived in the tombs, and no-one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No-one was strong enough to subdue him. 5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7He shouted 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 torture me!’ 8For Jesus had said to him, ‘Come out of this man, you impure spirit!’
9Then Jesus asked him, ‘What is your name?’
‘My name is Legion,’ he replied, ‘for we are many.’ 10And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12The demons begged Jesus, ‘Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.’ 13He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man – and told about the pigs as well. 17Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19Jesus 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.’ 20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis5:20 That is, the Ten Cities how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Jesus raises a dead girl and heals a sick woman
21When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered round him while he was by the lake. 22Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23He pleaded earnestly with him, ‘My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.’ 24So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and pressed round him. 25And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28because she thought, ‘If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.’ 29Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
30At once Jesus realised that power had gone out from him. He turned round in the crowd and asked, ‘Who touched my clothes?’
31‘You see the people crowding against you,’ his disciples answered, ‘and yet you can ask, “Who touched me?” ’
32But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.’
35While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. ‘Your daughter is dead,’ they said. ‘Why bother the teacher anymore?’
36Overhearing5:36 Or Ignoring what they said, Jesus told him, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe.’
37He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39He went in and said to them, ‘Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.’ 40But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41He took her by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha koum!’ (which means ‘Little girl, I say to you, get up!’). 42Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
