16. Those who saw this told what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs.
17. Then the people began to beg Jesus to leave their territory.
18. As Jesus stepped into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him, “Let me stay with you.”
19. But Jesus would not allow it. Instead, he told the man, “Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you.”
20. So the man left. He began to tell how much Jesus had done for him in the Ten Cities. Everyone was amazed.
21. Jesus again crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee in a boat. A large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.
22. A synagogue leader named Jairus also arrived. When he saw Jesus, he quickly bowed down in front of him.
23. He begged Jesus, “My little daughter is dying. Come, lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live.”
24. Jesus went with the man. A huge crowd followed Jesus and pressed him on every side.
25. In the crowd was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.
26. Although she had been under the care of many doctors and had spent all her money, she had not been helped at all. Actually, she had become worse.
27. Since she had heard about Jesus, she came from behind in the crowd and touched his clothes.
28. She said, “If I can just touch his clothes, I’ll get well.”
29. Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness.
30. At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31. His disciples said to him, “How can you ask, ‘Who touched me,’ when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?”
32. But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this.
33. The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth.
34. Jesus told her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace! Be cured from your illness.”
35. While Jesus was still speaking to her, some people came from the synagogue leader’s home. They told the synagogue leader, “Your daughter has died. Why bother the teacher anymore?”