Mark 5:18-41

¹⁸As Jesus was getting into the boat, the possessed man begged him to let him stay with him.

¹⁹But Jesus refused. “Go back to your home, to your own people,” he said, “and tell them of all that the Lord has done for you, and how he took pity on you.”

²⁰So the man went, and began to proclaim in the district of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

²¹By the time Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the opposite shore, a great number of people had gathered to meet him, and were standing by the sea.

²²One of the leaders of the synagogue, whose name was Jairus, came and, as soon as he saw Jesus, threw himself at his feet and begged him repeatedly,

²³saying, “My little daughter is at death's door. Please come and place your hands on her so that she may recover and live.”

²⁴So Jesus went with him. A great number of people followed Jesus, and kept pressing around him.

²⁵Meanwhile a woman who for twelve years had suffered from hemorrhage,

²⁶and undergone much at the hands of many doctors, (spending all she had without obtaining any relief, but, on the contrary, growing worse),

²⁷heard about Jesus, came behind in the crowd, and touched his cloak.

²⁸“If I can only touch his clothes,” she said, “I will get well!”

²⁹At once her bleeding stopped, and she felt in herself that she was cured of her affliction.

³⁰Jesus at once became aware of the power that had gone out from him, and, turning around in the crowd, he said, “Who touched my clothes?”

³¹“You see the people pressing around you,” exclaimed his disciples, “and yet you say ‘Who touched me?’”

³²But Jesus looked about to see who had done it.

³³Then the woman, in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself down before him, and told him the whole truth.

³⁴“Daughter,” he said, “your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you; be free from your affliction.”

³⁵Before he had finished speaking, some people from the house of the synagogue leader came and said, “Your daughter is dead! Why should you trouble the teacher further?”

³⁶But Jesus, overhearing what they were saying, said to the synagogue leader, “Do not be afraid; only have faith.”

³⁷And he allowed no one to accompany him, except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

³⁸Presently they reached the leader's house, where Jesus saw a scene of confusion — people weeping and wailing incessantly.

³⁹“Why this confusion and weeping?” he said on entering. “The little child is not dead; she is asleep.”

⁴⁰They began to laugh at him; but he sent them all out, and then, with the child's father and mother and his companions, went into the room where she was lying.

⁴¹Taking her hand, Jesus said to her, “Talitha, koum!” — which means ‘little girl, I am speaking to you — Rise!’