8. He said this because Jesus was saying to him, “You evil spirit, come out of the man.”
9. Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”He answered, “My name is Legion, because we are many spirits.”
10. He begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of that area.
11. A large herd of pigs was feeding on a hill near there.
12. The demons begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs; let us go into them.”
13. So Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of pigs—about two thousand of them—rushed down the hill into the lake and were drowned.
14. The herdsmen ran away and went to the town and to the countryside, telling everyone about this. So people went out to see what had happened.
15. They came to Jesus and saw the man who used to have the many evil spirits, sitting, clothed, and in his right mind. And they were frightened.
16. The people who saw this told the others what had happened to the man who had the demons living in him, and they told about the pigs.
17. Then the people began to beg Jesus to leave their area.
18. As Jesus was getting back into the boat, the man who was freed from the demons begged to go with him.
19. But Jesus would not let him. He said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.”
20. So the man left and began to tell the people in the Ten Towns about what Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.
21. When Jesus went in the boat back to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him there.
22. A leader of the synagogue, named Jairus, came there, saw Jesus, and fell at his feet.
23. He begged Jesus, saying again and again, “My daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so she will be healed and will live.”
24. So Jesus went with him.A large crowd followed Jesus and pushed very close around him.
25. Among them was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years.
26. She had suffered very much from many doctors and had spent all the money she had, but instead of improving, she was getting worse.
27. When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his coat.