28-29. The demon inside the man had often seized him, and he had been put in jail with his hands and feet in chains. But he would always break the chains. The demon inside him would force him to go out to the places where no one lived. Jesus commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. When the man saw Jesus, he fell down before him, shouting loudly, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please, don’t punish me!”
30. Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” The man answered, “Legion.” (He said his name was “Legion” because many demons had gone into him.)
31. The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the bottomless pit.
32. On that hill there was a big herd of pigs eating. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So he allowed them to do this.
33. Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. The herd of pigs ran down the hill into the lake, and all were drowned.
34. The men who were caring for the pigs ran away and told the story in the fields and in the town.
35. People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man sitting there at the feet of Jesus. The man had clothes on and was in his right mind again; the demons were gone. This made the people afraid.
36. The men who saw these things happen told the others all about how Jesus made the man well.
37. All those who lived in the area around Gerasa asked Jesus to go away because they were afraid. So Jesus got into the boat to go back to Galilee.
38. The man he had healed begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,
39. “Go back home and tell people what God did for you.” So the man went all over town telling what Jesus had done for him.
40. When Jesus went back to Galilee, the people welcomed him. Everyone was waiting for him.
41-42. A man named Jairus came to him. He was a leader of the synagogue. He had only one daughter. She was twelve years old, and she was dying. So Jairus bowed down at the feet of Jesus and begged him to come to his house. While Jesus was going to Jairus’ house, the people crowded all around him.
43. A woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on doctors, but no doctor was able to heal her.
44. The woman came behind Jesus and touched the bottom of his coat. At that moment, her bleeding stopped.
45. Then Jesus said, “Who touched me?” They all said they had not touched him. And Peter said, “Master, people are all around you, pushing against you.”
46. But Jesus said, “Someone touched me. I felt power go out from me.”
47. When the woman saw that she could not hide, she came forward, shaking. She bowed down before Jesus. While everyone listened, she told why she touched him. Then she said that she was healed immediately when she touched him.
48. Jesus said to her, “My daughter, you are made well because you believed. Go in peace.”
49. While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of the synagogue leader and said, “Your daughter has died! Don’t bother the Teacher anymore.”