1 E chegaram à outra margem do mar, à província dos gadarenos. 2 E, saindo ele do barco, lhe saiu logo ao seu encontro, dos sepulcros, um homem com espírito imundo, 3 o qual tinha a sua morada nos sepulcros, e nem ainda com cadeias o podia alguém prender. 4 Porque, tendo sido muitas vezes preso com grilhões e cadeias, as cadeias foram por ele feitas em pedaços, e os grilhões, em migalhas, e ninguém o podia amansar. 5 E andava sempre, de dia e de noite, clamando pelos montes e pelos sepulcros e ferindo-se com pedras. 6 E, quando viu Jesus ao longe, correu e adorou-o. 7 E, clamando com grande voz, disse: Que tenho eu contigo, Jesus, Filho do Deus Altíssimo? Conjuro-te por Deus que não me atormentes. 8 (Porque lhe dizia: Sai deste homem, espírito imundo.) 9 E perguntou-lhe: Qual é o teu nome? E lhe respondeu, dizendo: Legião é o meu nome, porque somos muitos. 10 E rogava-lhe muito que os não enviasse para fora daquela província. 11 E andava ali pastando no monte uma grande manada de porcos. 12 E todos aqueles demônios lhe rogaram, dizendo: Manda-nos para aqueles porcos, para que entremos neles. 13 E Jesus logo lho permitiu. E, saindo aqueles espíritos imundos, entraram nos porcos; e a manada se precipitou por um despenhadeiro no mar (eram quase dois mil) e afogou-se no mar. 14 E os que apascentavam os porcos fugiram e o anunciaram na cidade e nos campos; e saíram muitos a ver o que era aquilo que tinha acontecido.

15 E foram ter com Jesus, e viram o endemoninhado, o que tivera a legião, assentado, vestido e em perfeito juízo, e temeram. 16 E os que aquilo tinham visto contaram-lhes o que acontecera ao endemoninhado e acerca dos porcos. 17 E começaram a rogar-lhe que saísse do seu território. 18 E, entrando ele no barco, rogava-lhe o que fora endemoninhado que o deixasse estar com ele. 19 Jesus, porém, não lho permitiu, mas disse-lhe: Vai para tua casa, para os teus, e anuncia-lhes quão grandes coisas o Senhor te fez e como teve misericórdia de ti. 20 E ele foi e começou a anunciar em Decápolis quão grandes coisas Jesus lhe fizera; e todos se maravilhavam.

21 E, passando Jesus outra vez num barco para o outro lado, ajuntou-se a ele uma grande multidão; e ele estava junto do mar. 22 E eis que chegou um dos principais da sinagoga, por nome Jairo, e, vendo-o, prostrou-se aos seus pés 23 e rogava-lhe muito, dizendo: Minha filha está moribunda; rogo-te que venhas e lhe imponhas as mãos para que sare e viva. 24 E foi com ele, e seguia-o uma grande multidão, que o apertava.

25 E certa mulher, que havia doze anos tinha um fluxo de sangue, 26 e que havia padecido muito com muitos médicos, e despendido tudo quanto tinha, nada lhe aproveitando isso, antes indo a pior, 27 ouvindo falar de Jesus, veio por detrás, entre a multidão, e tocou na sua vestimenta. 28 Porque dizia: Se tão somente tocar nas suas vestes, sararei. 29 E logo se lhe secou a fonte do seu sangue, e sentiu no seu corpo estar já curada daquele mal. 30 E logo Jesus, conhecendo que a virtude de si mesmo saíra, voltou-se para a multidão e disse: Quem tocou nas minhas vestes? 31 E disseram-lhe os seus discípulos: Vês que a multidão te aperta, e dizes: Quem me tocou? 32 E ele olhava em redor, para ver a que isso fizera. 33 Então, a mulher, que sabia o que lhe tinha acontecido, temendo e tremendo, aproximou-se, e prostrou-se diante dele, e disse-lhe toda a verdade. 34 E ele lhe disse: Filha, a tua fé te salvou; vai em paz e sê curada deste teu mal.

35 Estando ele ainda falando, chegaram alguns do principal da sinagoga, a quem disseram: A tua filha está morta; para que enfadas mais o Mestre? 36 E Jesus, tendo ouvido essas palavras, disse ao principal da sinagoga: Não temas, crê somente. 37 E não permitiu que alguém o seguisse, a não ser Pedro, e Tiago, e João, irmão de Tiago. 38 E, tendo chegado à casa do principal da sinagoga, viu o alvoroço e os que choravam muito e pranteavam. 39 E, entrando, disse-lhes: Por que vos alvoroçais e chorais? A menina não está morta, mas dorme. 40 E riam-se dele; porém ele, tendo-os feito sair, tomou consigo o pai e a mãe da menina e os que com ele estavam e entrou onde a menina estava deitada. 41 E, tomando a mão da menina, disse-lhe: Talitá cumi, que, traduzido, é: Menina, a ti te digo: levanta-te. 42 E logo a menina se levantou e andava, pois já tinha doze anos; e assombraram-se com grande espanto. 43 E mandou-lhes expressamente que ninguém o soubesse; e disse que lhe dessem de comer.

1 They arrived at the other side of the sea in the territory of the Gerasenes.2 Just as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.4 He had often been restrained with shackles and chains but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him.5 Night and day he kept screaming among the tombs and on the mountainsides and kept cutting himself with stones.6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell down in front of him,7 screaming in a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I command you in the name of God not to torture me!"8 For Jesus had been saying to him,"Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"9 Then Jesus asked him,"What's your name?"He said to him, "My name is Legion, because there are many of us."10 He kept pleading with Jesus not to send them out of the territory.11 Now a large herd of pigs was grazing on a hillside nearby.12 So the demons begged him, "Send us among the pigs, so that we can go into them!"13 So he let them do this. The unclean spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the cliff into the sea and drowned there.14 Now when those who had been taking care of the pigs ran away, they reported what had happened in the city and countryside. So the people went to see what had happened.15 When they came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there dressed and in his right mind, they were frightened.16 The people who had seen it told them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and the pigs.17 So they began to beg Jesus to leave their territory.18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging him to let him go with him.19 But Jesus wouldn't let him. Instead, he told him,"Go home to your family, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been to you."20 So the man left and began proclaiming in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.21 When Jesus again had crossed to the other side in a boat, a large crowd gathered around him by the seashore.22 Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet23 and begged him urgently, saying, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live."24 So Jesus went with him. A huge crowd kept following him and jostling him.25 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.26 Although she had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all of her money, she had not been helped at all but rather grew worse.27 Since she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his robe.28 For she had been saying, "If I can just touch his robe, I will get well."29 Her bleeding stopped at once, and she felt in her body that she was healed from her illness.30 Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked,"Who touched my clothes?"31 His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd jostling you, and yet you ask,‘Who touched me?’"32 But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this.33 So the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.34 He said to her,"Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed from your illness."35 While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader's home and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?"36 But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader,"Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing."37 Jesus allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw mass confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.39 He entered the house and said to them,"Why all this confusion and crying? The child isn't dead but is sleeping."40 They laughed and laughed at him. But he forced all of them outside. Then he took the child's father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.41 He took her by the hand and said to her,"Talitha koum," which means,"Little girl, I tell you, get up!"42 The little girl got up at once and started to walk, for she was twelve years old. Instantly they were overcome with astonishment.43 But Jesus strictly ordered them not to let anyone know about this. He also told them to give her something to eat.