治好被鬼附身的人
1他们来到湖对岸的格拉森地区。 2耶稣刚下船，迎面就遇见一个被污鬼附身的人，是从坟墓里出来的。 3那人以坟墓为家，没有人能把他捆住，就算用铁链也不行。 4因为有人多次用铁链和脚镣锁住他，但他挣断了铁链，砸碎了脚镣。没有人能制服他。 5他昼夜在坟场和山野间大喊大叫，又用石头砍自己。
6他远远看见耶稣，就跑过去跪下来拜祂，高声喊道： 7“至高上帝的儿子耶稣啊，我和你有什么关系？看在上帝的份上，求你不要折磨我！” 8原来，耶稣已经对他身上的鬼说：“污鬼，从这人身上出来！”
9耶稣问：“你叫什么名字？”
他说：“我的名字叫‘群’，因为我们是一大群。”
10接着污鬼再三哀求耶稣，不要把它们赶出那个地区。 11当时有一大群猪在附近山坡上吃食。 12污鬼就央求耶稣说：“让我们到猪群里去，附在它们身上吧！”
13耶稣允许了，污鬼就离开那人，进入猪群。那群猪就一路奔下陡坡，冲进湖里淹死了，约有两千头。
14放猪的人逃走了，把这事传遍了城里乡间，人们都跑来看个究竟。 15他们到了耶稣那里，看见那曾被群鬼附身的人神智清醒、衣着整齐地坐在那里，都很害怕。 16目击者把被鬼附身的人和猪群的事告诉了他们， 17他们就请求耶稣离开他们那里。
18耶稣上船的时候，那曾被鬼附身的人恳求耶稣让他随行。 19耶稣没有答应，而是对他说：“回去见你的家人，把主为你所行的奇事和祂怜悯你的经过都告诉他们吧！”
20这人就回到低加坡里一带传扬耶稣为他所行的奇事，人们都很惊奇。
耶稣医治有信心的人
21耶稣再坐船回到对岸，有一大群人在岸边围着祂。 22这时来了一个名叫雅鲁的会堂主管，他一见到耶稣便俯伏在祂脚前， 23迫切恳求说：“我小女儿快要死了，求你去把手按在她身上，医治她，救她一命。”
24耶稣和他同去，一大群人跟着祂，拥挤着祂。
25有一个妇人患血漏病已经十二年， 26经过许多医生的诊治，受尽痛苦，耗尽钱财，病情仍没有好转，反而更加严重。 27她听见耶稣的事，就夹在人群中从耶稣背后摸祂的衣服， 28心想：“我只要摸到祂的衣服，就会痊愈。”
29她的血漏立刻止住了，她感到自己痊愈了。 30耶稣马上知道有能力从自己身上发出，便在人群中转过身来问：“谁摸了我的衣服？”
31门徒对祂说：“你看，这么多人在你周围挤来挤去，你怎么问谁摸你呢？”
32耶稣环视四周，要找出摸祂的人。 33那妇人害怕得发抖，知道在自己身上发生了什么，就上前俯伏在耶稣脚前，将实情说了出来。
34耶稣说：“女儿，你的信心救了你。安心去吧！你的病好了。”
35耶稣还在说话的时候，有人从雅鲁家赶来，对雅鲁说：“你的女儿已经死了，何必再麻烦老师呢？”
36耶稣听了，就对雅鲁说：“不要怕，只要信。” 37于是，祂带着彼得、雅各和雅各的弟弟约翰去雅鲁家，不准其他人跟着。 38他们到了会堂主管家，耶稣看见在场的人嚎啕大哭，场面混乱。 39耶稣进去问道：“你们为什么乱哄哄地哭叫呢？这孩子没有死，只是睡着了。”
40众人都讥笑祂。耶稣让他们全部出去，然后带着女孩的父母和三个门徒进了孩子的房间。 41祂拉着女孩的手说：“大利大，古米！”意思是：“小女孩，我吩咐你起来！”
42女孩应声而起，开始走动。当时她十二岁。在场的人都惊奇不已。 43耶稣郑重叮嘱他们不要把这事张扬出去，又吩咐他们给女孩东西吃。
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 around 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 around 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 realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around 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.
