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The Gospel According to St. Mark

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- Chapter 5 -

(Matthew 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–39)
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Jesus and his disciples arrived on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. People called the Gerasenes lived near the place where they landed.
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When Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man came out from the tombs in a cemetery. Evil spirits controlled the man.
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The man was coming out of the cemetery because he lived in tombs. The people knew him and at times they tried to restrain him. They could not restrain him, not even with chains.
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Whenever they used chains and shackles, the man would break them apart. He was so strong that no one was able to subdue him.
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Day and night the man would spend his time in the cemetery. He would scream out loud and cut himself with sharp stones.
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When he saw Jesus in the distance getting out of the boat, he ran over to him and knelt before him.
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Jesus had been saying to the evil spirit, “You evil spirit, come out of this man!” But the demon did not leave quickly. It shouted very loudly, “Jesus, I know that you are the Son of God, so we have nothing in common.
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Leave me alone! In God’s name, I beg you. Do not torture me!”
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Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion because there are many of us evil spirits in this man.”
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Then the evil spirits kept asking Jesus fervently that he not send them out of the region.
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At the same time, a large herd of pigs was grazing nearby on the hillside.
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So the evil spirits pleaded with Jesus, “Allow us to go to the pigs in order that we might enter them!”
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Jesus permitted them to do that. So the evil spirits left the man and entered the pigs. The herd, which numbered about two thousand, rushed down the steep hill into the lake, where they drowned.
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The men who were tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside what had happened. Many people went to see for themselves what had happened.
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They came to the place where Jesus was. Then they saw the man whom evil spirits had previously controlled. He was sitting there with clothes on and mentally sound. They were afraid when they saw all this.
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The people who had seen the events told those who had come from the town and from the countryside about what had happened to the man whom the evil spirits previously controlled. They also described what had happened to the pigs.
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Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.
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As Jesus got in the boat to leave, the man whom the evil spirits previously controlled begged Jesus, “Please let me go with you!”
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But Jesus did not let him go with him. Instead, he said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and tell them how he has been so kind to you.”
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So the man went and traveled around the Ten Towns in that district. He told people how much Jesus had done for him. All the people who heard what the man said were amazed.

The Healing Touch of Jesus

(Matthew 9:18–26; Luke 8:40–56)
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Once more Jesus crossed over to the other side of the Sea of Galilee in a boat. When he arrived, a large crowd gathered around Jesus while he was standing on the shore.
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One of the men who presided over a synagogue, whose name was Jairus, came there. When he saw Jesus, he knelt at his feet.
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Then he pleaded with Jesus earnestly, “My daughter is sick and nearly dead! Please come to my house and place your hands on her. Heal her and make her live!”
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So Jesus and the disciples went with him. A large crowd followed and many pushed in close to Jesus.
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There was a woman in the crowd who had a bleeding disorder. She had been bleeding every day for twelve years.
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She had suffered much over the years while doctors treated her. She had spent all her money to pay the doctors and after all they did to her, she got worse instead of better.
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When she heard that Jesus healed people, she came to where he was and pushed in the crowd close behind Jesus.
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She was thinking, “If I touch him or even if I touch his clothes, it will heal me.” So she touched Jesus’ clothes.
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At once her bleeding stopped. At the same time, she sensed within herself that she had been cured of her illness.
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Jesus also immediately sensed within himself that his power had healed someone. So he turned around in the crowd and then he asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
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His disciples replied, “You can see that many people are crowding close to you! Probably many people touched you! So why do you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
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But Jesus kept looking around in order to see the one who had done it.
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The woman was very afraid and trembling. She knelt before him and told him what she had done.
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He said to her, “Daughter, because you have believed that I could heal you, I have now healed you. You may go home with peace in your heart, because I promise that you will not be sick with this disease anymore.”
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While Jesus was still speaking to that woman, some people arrived who had come from Jairus’ house. They said to Jairus, “Your daughter has now died. So there is no need to bother the teacher any longer, to bring him to your house!”
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But when Jesus heard what these men said, he said to Jairus, “Do not think that the situation is hopeless! Just keep believing that she will live!”
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Then he allowed only his three closest disciples, Peter, James, and John, to go with him to Jairus’ house.
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He did not allow any other people to go with him. After they arrived near the house, Jesus saw that the people there were grieving. Some were weeping and others were wailing.
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He entered the house and then he said to them, “Why are you so upset and crying? The child is not dead, but only sleeping.”
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The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. He sent all the other people outside the house. Then he took the child’s father and mother and the three disciples who were with him. He went into the room where the child was lying.
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He took hold of the child’s hand and said to her in her own language, “Talitha koum!” That means, “Little girl, get up!”
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At once the girl got up and walked around. (It was not surprising that she could walk, because she was twelve years old.) When this happened, all who were present were greatly amazed.
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Jesus ordered them strictly, “Do not tell anyone about what I have done!” Then he told them to give the girl something to eat.
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(Matthew 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–39)
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They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
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When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs.
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He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
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Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
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When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
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and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don’t torment me.”
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For he said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”
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He asked him, “What is your name?” He said to him, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
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He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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Now on the mountainside there was a great herd of pigs feeding.
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All the demons begged him, saying, “Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.”
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At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
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Those who fed the pigs fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
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They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
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Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
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They began to beg him to depart from their region.
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As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
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He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you and how he had mercy on you.”
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He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.

The Healing Touch of Jesus

(Matthew 9:18–26; Luke 8:40–56)
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When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
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Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet
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and begged him much, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her, that she may be made healthy, and live.”
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He went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.
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A certain woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years,
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and had suffered many things by many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better, but rather grew worse,
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having heard the things concerning Jesus, came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.
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For she said, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well.”
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Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
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Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
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His disciples said to him, “You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’”
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He looked around to see her who had done this thing.
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But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
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He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease.”
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While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s house, saying, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”
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But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.”
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He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
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He came to the synagogue ruler’s house, and he saw an uproar, weeping, and great wailing.
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When he had entered in, he said to them, “Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep.”
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They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
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Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, “Talitha cumi!” which means, being interpreted, “Girl, I tell you, get up!”
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Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.
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He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
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