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* They came to the other side of the sea , to the country of the Ger 'asenes . * And when he had come out of the boat , there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit , * who lived among the tombs ; and no one could bind him any more , even with a chain ; * for he had often been bound with fetters and chains , but the chains he wrenched apart , and the fetters he broke in pieces ; and no one had the strength to subdue him . * Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out , and bruising himself with stones . * And when he saw Jesus from afar , he ran and worshiped him ; * and crying out with a loud voice , he said , "What have you to do with me , Jesus , Son of the Most High God ? I adjure you by God , do not torment me ." * For he had said to him , "Come out of the man , you unclean spirit !" * And Jesus asked him , "What is your name ?" He replied , "My name is Legion ; for we are many ." * And he begged him eagerly not to send them out of the country . * Now a great herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside ; * and they begged him , "Send us to the swine , let us enter them ." * So he gave them leave . And the unclean spirits came out , and entered the swine ; and the herd , numbering about two thousand , rushed down the steep bank into the sea , and were drowned in the sea . * The herdsmen fled , and told it in the city and in the country . And people came to see what it was that had happened . * And they came to Jesus , and saw the demoniac sitting there , clothed and in his right mind , the man who had had the legion ; and they were afraid . * And those who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine . * And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their neighborhood . * And as he was getting into the boat , the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him . * But he refused , and said to him , "Go home to your friends , and tell them how much the Lord has done for you , and how he has had mercy on you ." * And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decap 'olis how much Jesus had done for him ; and all men marveled . * And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side , a great crowd gathered about him ; and he was beside the sea . * Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue , Ja 'irus by name ; and seeing him , he fell at his feet , * and besought him , saying , "My little daughter is at the point of death . Come and lay your hands on her , so that she may be made well , and live ." * And he went with him . And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him . * And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years , * and who had suffered much under many physicians , and had spent all that she had , and was no better but rather grew worse . * She had heard the reports about Jesus , and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment . * For she said , "If I touch even his garments , I shall be made well ." * And immediately the hemorrhage ceased ; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease . * And Jesus , perceiving in himself that power had gone forth from him , immediately turned about in the crowd , and said , "Who touched my garments ?" * And his disciples said to him , "You see the crowd pressing around you , and yet you say , `Who touched me ?'" * And he looked around to see who had done it . * But the woman , knowing what had been done to her , came in fear and trembling and fell down before him , and told him the whole truth . * And he said to her , "Daughter , your faith has made you well ; go in peace , and be healed of your disease ." * While he was still speaking , there came from the ruler 's house some who said , "Your daughter is dead . Why trouble the Teacher any further ?" * But ignoring what they said , Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue , "Do not fear , only believe ." * And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James . * When they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue , he saw a tumult , and people weeping and wailing loudly . * And when he had entered , he said to them , "Why do you make a tumult and weep ? The child is not dead but sleeping ." * And they laughed at him . But he put them all outside , and took the child 's father and mother and those who were with him , and went in where the child was . * Taking her by the hand he said to her , "Tal 'itha cu 'mi "; which means , "Little girl , I say to you , arise ." * And immediately the girl got up and walked (she was twelve years of age ), and they were immediately overcome with amazement . * And he strictly charged them that no one should know this , and told them to give her something to eat .

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