Luke 8:29-54

²⁹For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to leave the man. It had often seized him, and despite being tied down with chains and shackles, and placed under guard, he would break the chains apart and would be driven by the demon into the desert areas.

³⁰“What is your name?” Jesus asked him. “Legion,” he replied, for many demons had entered him.

³¹They begged Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.

³²There was a large herd of pigs feeding on the nearby hillside, and the demons begged him to be allowed to go into the pigs. Jesus gave them permission,

³³so the demons left the man and entered the pigs. The herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

³⁴When the pig-keepers saw what had happened they ran off and spread the news through the town and the countryside.

³⁵The people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus they found the man freed from the demons. He was sitting there at Jesus' feet, wearing clothes and in his right mind; and they became scared.

³⁶Those who had seen what happened explained how the demon-possessed man had been healed.

³⁷Then all the people from the Gerasene region asked Jesus to leave because they were overwhelmed by fear. So he got into the boat and went back.

³⁸The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away.

³⁹“Go back home, and tell people all that God has done for you,” Jesus told him. So he went away, telling the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.

⁴⁰A crowd of people was there to welcome Jesus when he returned, all eagerly expecting him.

⁴¹One was a man called Jairus, a synagogue leader, who came and fell at Jesus' feet. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his home

⁴²because his only daughter was dying. She was about twelve years old. While Jesus was on his way there, people were crowding around him.

⁴³In the crowd was a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all she had on doctors, but none of them had been able to help her.

⁴⁴She approached Jesus from behind and touched the hem of his cloak. Immediately the bleeding stopped.

⁴⁵“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everybody around denied doing so. “But Master,” said Peter, “there are people crowding around you, and they keep pushing up against you.”

⁴⁶“Someone touched me,” Jesus replied. “I know because power went out from me.”

⁴⁷When the woman realized she couldn't go unnoticed, she came forward, trembling, and fell down before him. Right in front of everybody she explained the reason why she had touched Jesus, and that she'd been cured immediately.

⁴⁸Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your trust has healed you, go in peace.”

⁴⁹While he was still speaking, someone came from the home of the synagogue leader to tell him, “Your daughter's dead. You don't need to bother the Teacher any longer.”

⁵⁰But when he heard this, Jesus told Jairus, “Don't be afraid. If you trust, she will be healed.”

⁵¹When Jesus arrived at the house he didn't allow anyone else to go in except Peter, John, and James, and the girl's father and mother.

⁵²All the people there were crying and mourning for her. “Don't cry,” Jesus told them. “She's not dead, she's just sleeping.”

⁵³They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead.

⁵⁴But Jesus took her by the hand, and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”