Thematic Bible
Mark 5:1 (show verse)
And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
Mark 5:2 (show verse)
And [as] he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him,
Mark 5:3 (show verse)
who {lived} among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain,
Mark 5:4 (show verse)
because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one was strong [enough] to subdue him.
Mark 5:5 (show verse)
And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.
Mark 5:6 (show verse)
And [when he] saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.
Mark 5:7 (show verse)
And crying out with a loud voice he said, "{What have I to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!"
Mark 5:8 (show verse)
(For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!")
Mark 5:9 (show verse)
And he was asking him "{What is your name}?" And he said to him, "My name [is] Legion, because we are many."
Mark 5:10 (show verse)
And he was imploring him many [times] that he would not send them out of the region.
Mark 5:11 (show verse)
Now a large herd of pigs was there at the hill feeding,
Mark 5:12 (show verse)
and they implored him, saying, "Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them."
Mark 5:13 (show verse)
And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out [and] entered into the pigs, and the herd--about two thousand--rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea.
Mark 5:14 (show verse)
And their herdsmen fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside, and they 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 sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind--the one who had had the legion--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 about the pigs.
Mark 5:17 (show verse)
And they began to urge him to depart from their region.
Mark 5:18 (show verse)
And [as] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him.
Mark 5:19 (show verse)
And he did not permit him, but said to him, "Go to your home to your [people] and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and [that] he has had mercy on you."
Mark 5:20 (show verse)
And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and they were all astonished.
Mark 5:21 (show verse)
And [after] Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to him, and he was beside the sea.
Mark 5:22 (show verse)
And one of the rulers of the synagogue came--Jairus by name--and [when he] saw him, he fell down at his feet.
Mark 5:23 (show verse)
And he was imploring him many [times], saying, "My little daughter {is at the point of death}! Come, lay your hands on her, so that she will get well and will live."
Mark 5:24 (show verse)
And he went with him, and a large crowd was following him and pressing around him.
Mark 5:25 (show verse)
And [there was] a woman who was {suffering from hemorrhages} twelve years.
Mark 5:26 (show verse)
And she had endured many [things] under many physicians, and had spent {all that she had} and had received no [help] at all, but instead {became worse}.
Mark 5:27 (show verse)
[When she] heard about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind [him] [and] touched his cloak,
Mark 5:28 (show verse)
for she was saying, "If I touch just his clothing, I will be healed!"
Mark 5:29 (show verse)
And immediately her {hemorrhage stopped} and she realized in her body that she was healed of her suffering.
Mark 5:30 (show verse)
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself [that] power had gone out from himself, turned around in the crowd [and] said, "Who touched my clothing?"
Mark 5:31 (show verse)
And his disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing upon you, and you say 'Who touched me?'"
Mark 5:32 (show verse)
And he was looking around to see the one who had done this.
Mark 5:33 (show verse)
So the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
Mark 5:34 (show verse)
But he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be well from your suffering."
Mark 5:35 (show verse)
[While] he was still speaking, they came from the synagogue ruler's [house] saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the Teacher further?"
Mark 5:36 (show verse)
But Jesus, ignoring {what was said}, told the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid--only believe!"
Mark 5:37 (show verse)
And he did not allow anyone to follow along with him except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.
Mark 5:38 (show verse)
And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and saw a commotion, and [people] weeping and wailing loudly.
Mark 5:39 (show verse)
And [when he] entered, he said to them, "Why are you agitated and weeping? The child is not dead, but is sleeping."
Mark 5:40 (show verse)
And they began laughing at him. But he sent [them] all out [and] took along the father and mother of the child, and those [who were] with him, and went in to where the child was.
Mark 5:41 (show verse)
And taking hold of the child's hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"),
Mark 5:42 (show verse)
and immediately the girl stood up and began walking around (for she was twelve years old). And {immediately they were utterly and completely astonished}.
Mark 5:43 (show verse)
And he commanded them strictly that no one should learn of this, and said to give her [something] to eat.