New American Standard Bible

Mark 5:7-26 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

7. and shouting with a loud voice, he said, "What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!"

8. For He had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"

9. And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many."

10. And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

11. Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain.

12. The demons implored Him, saying, "Send us into the swine so that we may enter them."

13. Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

14. Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.

15. They came to Jesus and observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened.

16. Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine.

17. And they began to implore Him to leave their region.

18. As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him.

19. And He did not let him, but He said to him, "Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you."

20. And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

21. When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore.

22. One of the synagogue officials named Jairus came up, and on seeing Him, fell at His feet

23. and implored Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live."

24. And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

25. A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years,

26. and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse-