Luke 8:29-54

²⁹because He had commanded the unclean spirit to get out of the man (it had seized him many times—he would be bound with chains and shackles, being kept under guard; then bursting the bonds he would be driven by the demon into deserted places).

³⁰Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion” (because many demons had gone into him).

³¹And he kept imploring Him that He would not order them to go away into the Abyss.

³²Now a herd of many pigs was feeding there on the hillside; and they started begging Him that He would allow them to go into those; so He gave them permission.

³³Then the demons exited the man and entered the pigs—and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned!

³⁴Well when the herders saw what had happened they ran away and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

³⁵So they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus; they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

³⁶Also, the eyewitnesses reported to them how the demonized man was healed.

³⁷Then the whole multitude from the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked Him to depart from them, because they were overcome by fear. So He got into the boat and returned.

³⁸Now the man from whom the demons had gone out had started begging Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

³⁹“Return to your house and recount how much God has done for you.” So he went his way and proclaimed all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

⁴⁰Now it happened, when Jesus returned, that the crowd welcomed Him, because they were all waiting for Him.

⁴¹And then, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; he fell down at Jesus' feet and started begging Him to come to his house,

⁴²because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. Now as He was going, the crowds were pressing against Him.

⁴³And a woman—suffering with a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent her whole livelihood on physicians, but could not be healed by any—

⁴⁴approaching from behind touched the border of His garment; and immediately the flow of her blood stopped!

⁴⁵So Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said: “Master, the people are pressing against you and crowding in, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, because I noticed power going out from me.”

⁴⁷Now when the woman saw that she could not hide, she came trembling, and falling down before Him she told Him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately.

⁴⁸So He said: “Courage, daughter, your faith has healed you. Go into peace.”

⁴⁹While He was still speaking, here came someone from the synagogue ruler's house, saying to him: “Your daughter has died. Don't bother the teacher.”

⁵⁰But upon hearing it Jesus reacted by saying to him, “Don't be afraid; just believe and she will be healed.”

⁵¹When He arrived at the house, He allowed no one to go in except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

⁵²Now all were weeping and mourning for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.”

⁵³They started ridiculing Him, knowing that she had died.

⁵⁴So He put them all outside, and grasping her hand He called, saying, “Child, arise!”