10. He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
11. There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding.
12. And the demonic spirits begged him, “Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”
13. Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.
14. Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
15. They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind – the one who had the “Legion” – and they were afraid.
16. Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
17. Then they asked Jesus to leave their region.
18. As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
19. But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”
20. So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.
21. When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea.
22. Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
23. He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”
24. Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.
25. Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years.
26. She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse.
27. When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
28. for she kept saying, “If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed.”