Luke 8:21-48

²¹But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

²²Now it came about on one of those days that he got into a boat with his disciples; and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the water: and they put out the boat.

²³But while they were sailing he went to sleep: and a storm of wind came down on the sea, and the boat became full of water and they were in danger.

²⁴Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.

²⁵And he said to them, Where is your faith? And fear and wonder overcame them, and they said to one another, Who then is this, who gives orders even to the winds and the water and they do what he says?

²⁶And they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

²⁷And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

²⁸And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

²⁹For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

³⁰And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

³¹And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

³²Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

³³And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

³⁴And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

³⁵And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

³⁶And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.

³⁷And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

³⁸But the man from whom the evil spirits had gone out had a great desire to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,

³⁹Go back to your house and let them have news of all the great things which God has done for you. And he went away, giving word through all the town of the great things which Jesus had done for him.

⁴⁰And when Jesus went back, the people were glad to see him, for they were all waiting for him.

⁴¹Then there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the Synagogue: and he went down at the feet of Jesus, desiring him to come to his house;

⁴²For he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was near to death. But while he was on his way, the people were pushing to be near him.

⁴³And a woman, who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had given all her money to medical men, and not one of them was able to make her well,

⁴⁴Came after him and put her hand on the edge of his robe, and straight away the flowing of her blood was stopped.

⁴⁵And Jesus said, Who was touching me? And when they all said, It is not I, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the people are pushing round you on every side.

⁴⁶But Jesus said, Someone was touching me, for I had the feeling that power had gone out from me.

⁴⁷And when the woman saw that she was not able to keep it secret, she came, shaking with fear, and falling down before him she made clear before all the people the reason for her touching him, and how she was made well straight away.

⁴⁸And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.