Mark 5:17-29

¹⁷They began pleading with Jesus to leave their district.

¹⁸As Jesus climbed into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.

¹⁹But Jesus refused, telling him, “Go home to your own people, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has been merciful to you.”

²⁰So the man went on his way and began to tell the people of the Ten Cities everything Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.

²¹Jesus went back again by boat to the other side of the lake where a large crowd gathered around him at the shore.

²²A synagogue leader, a man named Jairus, came to him. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet

²³and pleaded with him, saying, “My little daughter is about to die. Please come and place your hands on her so she may be healed and live.”

²⁴So Jesus went with him. Everybody followed, crowding and jostling him.

²⁵A woman was there who had been ill from bleeding for twelve years.

²⁶She'd suffered considerably under the care of many doctors, and had spent all she had. But nothing helped her—in fact she'd grown worse.

²⁷She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd, and touched his cloak.

²⁸She was telling herself, “If I can just touch his cloak, I'll be healed.”

²⁹The bleeding stopped immediately, and she felt her body healed from her disease.