Mark 5:8-40

⁸Jesus said to the spirit, “Leave the man! Go away!”

⁹Jesus asked the man, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is 'Many'. We are many spirits.”

¹⁰They were asking him, “Do not send us from this country.”

¹¹On that rise there were pigs, many of them, 2,000, they were eating green grass.

¹²The spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. How about it? Can we go into them?”

¹³He said to them, “Yes, you can go to the pigs.” Right then they left that man, they all went to the pigs, the spirits went into them. Right then all the pigs ran down from the hill, they went straight into the water, they died in the water.

¹⁴The people who looked after the pigs scattered, they ran away afraid. They told many from the town and country. After that many came to see.

¹⁵When they came to Jesus they saw that man who used to be crazy there. He was sitting near Jesus, he had clothes on, he was without evil spirits, not crazy, he was well. After seeing him they became afraid.

¹⁶There were others who were standing there. Earlier they saw the pigs go into the water. They told those as soon as they came, “This Jesus sent the spirits from the man to the pigs. After that they ran down from the hill, they went into the waterhole, the water drowned all the pigs, they are completely dead.”

¹⁷After that the local inhabitants told Jesus, “Go. Leave our country.”

¹⁸Then Jesus climbed in the dinghy. The man who had become well asked Jesus, “Can I come with you?”

¹⁹He replied, “No. Return to your people. Tell them God was sorry for you, he truly made you well.”

²⁰In response to his word that man after he returned was going around in that country, in the east, in the 10 towns. He went to all people. He was telling them, “God made it very good for me. Jesus sent the spirits from me. He healed me.” They all were pleased, they were wondering about Jesus.

^21aThen Jesus returned westwards to the other side of the waterhole.

^21bMany people gathered with Jesus at the edge of the waterhole.

²²A man came, his name was Jairus. He was boss for the meeting house in his town. As soon as he saw Jesus he kneeled down in front of him.

²³He begged him, “My young daughter is very sick, she might die. Come to my camp, touch her with your hand. After that she will not die, she will truly stay alive.”

²⁴Jesus went with him, many were following those two. The people were squashing each other.

²⁵This woman also followed him. That woman had been sick a long time, 12 years. She truly kept losing blood (lit. 'blood kept crawling for her'), it was a big sickness.

²⁶She used to go to various doctors. They did not heal her. Hers was a big sickness. After that she had no money, still she was staying sick.

²⁷She heard, “Jesus heals sick people.” After she heard she said to herself, “I will touch just his clothes. After I touch him I will truly become well, I will be without sickness.” She did that. Partway along she came close to him, from behind she touched his clothes.

²⁹Right then her blood stopped flowing, that woman knew she was well, she was happy.

³⁰Right then Jesus knew about that, he said to himself, “Someone touched me, that person has become healthy.” He stopped, he turned round. He asked them, “Who touched my clothes.”

³¹His men said to him, Why did you say that? Many people have been squashing you. Why did you ask, 'Who touched me.'?”

³²He was ignoring them, still he was looking around.

³³That woman knew about herself, she was truly healthy, without sickness. She was trembling with fear, she came to Jesus. She kneeled down in front of his feet, she truly told him a straight word.

³⁴Jesus talked kindly to her, “You believed in me for good. Therefore now you are well. Go without fear, you will stay well. From now on you will not again get this sickness.

³⁵While he was talking to the woman some others came from Jairus's house. They said to Jairus, “Your daughter is dead. Leave the teacher alone. Don't annoy him.

³⁶Jesus heard their words. He said to Jairus, “Don't be afraid, don't get upset. Still believe in me.”

³⁷Many people were following Jairus and Jesus. Jesus told them, “Stay here.” Then Jesus picked just three of his men, Peter and James and James's younger brother, John. They went, Jesus and Jairus also, to the camp of Jairus.

³⁸They went to the front of the house, they stopped. There at the house they saw many people. They were all crying with one another for the young girl.

³⁹When Jesus entered he told them, “Don't cry. That young girl is only sleeping. She is not dead.”

⁴⁰They mocked him. They did not believe his word. After that he told them, “Go outside.” Then he told just the mother and father of the child and Peter and James and John, “Let us go to the child.” They went to that dead child.