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* Then they came to the country of the Gadarenes , on the opposite side of the sea ; * and he had no sooner stepped out of the boat , than a man out of the tombs came to meet him , a man with an unclean spirit , * who lived among the tombs . * Not even with a chain could any man bind him , for he had been bound with fetters and chains again and again , and had snapped the chains , and broken the fetters ; and there was no one strong enough to master him . * And always , night and day , he remained among the tombs and in the mountains , shrieking and gashing himself with stones . * As he caught sight of Jesus from afar , he ran and knelt before him , * and with a shriek he cried out in a loud voice . "Jesus , son of God most high , what business have you with me ? I adjure you by God , torment me not !" * For Jesus was saying , "Foul spirit , come out of the man ." * He continued asking him , "What is your mane ?" "Legion is my name , for we are many ." * Over and over he continued to beg Jesus not to send them away out of the country . * Now there was on the hillside a great drove of swine feeding . * So the spirits begged him , saying , "Send us into the swine , that we may enter into them ." * And he gave them leave . And out came the foul spirits and entered the swine ; and the drove rushed down from the steep into the sea , in number about two thousand , and were choked in the sea . * On this the swineherds ran away and spread the news in town and country . So the people went to see what had happened . * When they got to Jesus they found the demoniac sitting there clothed and in his right mind - the man who had had the "Legion " - and they were awestruck . * And those who had been eye-witnesses told them what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine . * Then they began to beg Jesus to depart from their district . * As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging to go with him ; but he said , * "Go home to your own people , and tell them what great things God has done for you , and has had mercy upon you ." * So he went and began to publish abroad in the District of the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him ; and every one was astonished and all men marveled . * Then after Jesus had recrossed in a boat to the other side , a vast multitude came crowding around him ; so he stayed on the seashore . * Then one of the wardens of the synagogue , named Jairus , came up , and as soon as he saw Jesus , fell at his feet , with many entreaties , * "My little daughter ," he said , "is dying . I beseech you , come and lay your hands on her , that she may recover and live ." * So he went with him , and a great crowd followed him and thronged about him . * Now there was a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years , * and had suffered many things of many physicians , and had spent all that she had , but was no better ; on the contrary , rather grew worse . * She had heard about Jesus , so she came in the crowd behind and touched his cloak . * "If I can touch even his clothes ," she kept saying to herself , "I shall get well ." * At once the fountain of her blood was dried up , and she felt in her body that she was cured of her complaint . * Jesus , instantly conscious that the power within him had gone forth , turned about in the crowd , and said , "Who touched my clothes ?" * "You see the crowd thronging about you ," said his disciples , "and yet you say , Who touched me ?" * But he kept looking about to see who had done it , * and the woman knowing what had happened to her , came in fear and trembling , and fell down before him , and told him all the truth . * "Daughter ," he said , "your faith has saved you . Go in peace , and be cured of your complaint ." * While he was still speaking men came from the house of the warden of the synagogue to tell him , "Your daughter is dead , why trouble the Teacher any further ?" * But Jesus , paying no attention to the remark , said to the warden of the synagogue , "Have no fear , only believe ." * He would not permit any one to go with him , except Peter and Jamesand John , the brother of James . * As they came to the house of the warden of the synagogue , he gazed upon a tumult , many weeping and wailing shrilly . * "Why all this tumult and loud weeping ?" he asked . * "The child is not dead , but asleep ." And they began to laugh him to scorn . Then he put them all outside , took the father and mother of the child and those he brought with him , and entered the room where the child was lying . * Then he took the childs hand and said to her , "Talitha , cumi ," that is to say , "Little girl , I am speaking to you ; arise !" * And instantly the little girl stood up , and began to walk , for she was twelve years old , They were at once beside themselves with utter amazement . * He , however , repeatedly cautioned them not to let any one know about it , and directed them to give her something to eat .

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