12. And they pleaded with him, “Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.”
13. And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned.
14. The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened.
15. As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear.
16. Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine.
17. Then they began to beg him to leave their district.
18. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him.
19. But he would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.”
20. Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.
21. When Jesus had crossed again [in the boat] to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.
22. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he fell at his feet
23. and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and live.”
24. He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
25. There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years.
26. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse.