Thematic Bible
Mark 5:1 (show verse)
They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
Mark 5:2 (show verse)
And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.
Mark 5:3 (show verse)
He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain,
Mark 5:4 (show verse)
for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him.
Mark 5:5 (show verse)
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
Mark 5:6 (show verse)
And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and fell down before him.
Mark 5:7 (show verse)
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."
Mark 5:8 (show verse)
For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
Mark 5:9 (show verse)
And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
Mark 5:10 (show verse)
And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country.
Mark 5:11 (show verse)
Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside,
Mark 5:12 (show verse)
and they begged him, saying, "Send us to the pigs; let us enter them."
Mark 5:13 (show verse)
So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the pigs, and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
Mark 5:14 (show verse)
The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened.
Mark 5:15 (show verse)
And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
Mark 5:16 (show verse)
And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs.
Mark 5:17 (show verse)
And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region.
Mark 5:18 (show verse)
As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.
Mark 5:19 (show verse)
And he did not permit him but 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."
Mark 5:20 (show verse)
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
Mark 5:21 (show verse)
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.
Mark 5:22 (show verse)
Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet
Mark 5:23 (show verse)
and implored him earnestly, 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."
Mark 5:24 (show verse)
And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.
Mark 5:25 (show verse)
And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
Mark 5:26 (show verse)
and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse.
Mark 5:27 (show verse)
She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
Mark 5:28 (show verse)
For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I will be made well."
Mark 5:29 (show verse)
And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
Mark 5:30 (show verse)
And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my garments?"
Mark 5:31 (show verse)
And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, 'Who touched me?'"
Mark 5:32 (show verse)
And he looked around to see who had done it.
Mark 5:33 (show verse)
But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
Mark 5:34 (show verse)
And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
Mark 5:35 (show verse)
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?"
Mark 5:36 (show verse)
But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not fear, only believe."
Mark 5:37 (show verse)
And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
Mark 5:38 (show verse)
They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
Mark 5:39 (show verse)
And when he had entered, he said to them, "Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping."
Mark 5:40 (show verse)
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.
Mark 5:41 (show verse)
Taking her by the hand he said to her, "Talitha cumi," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
Mark 5:42 (show verse)
And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
Mark 5:43 (show verse)
And he strictly charged them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.