Chapter Five
And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes. And when he had come out of the boat, at once there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs and no one could bind him, not even with chains, because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been broken apart by him, and the fetters had been smashed, and no one could control him. And always, night and day, in the mountains and in the tombs he used to cry out and cut himself with stones.
And having seen Jesus from far off he ran and bowed down to him, and crying out with a loud voice said,
“What to me and to you, Jesus, Son of the most High God? I adjure you by God not to torment me!”
For he said to him,
“Come out from the man, unclean spirit!”
And he asked him,
“What is your name?”
And he answered saying,
“Legion is my name, because we are many!”
And he begged him a lot, that he would not send them off out of the country.
Now there was there, in front of the mountains, a great herd of pigs, feeding; and all the demons begged him, saying,
“Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them!”
And Jesus permitted them at once and, having gone out, the unclean spirits entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the precipice into the sea. And they were about two thousand and they were drowned in the sea. And those who herded the pigs ran away and proclaimed it in the town and in the country, and they came out to see what had happened.
And they come to Jesus and see him that had been possessed of demons sitting and dressed and of sound mind - he who had had the legion - and they were afraid. And those who had seen, related to them how it had happened to him possessed by demons, and about the pigs. And they started to beg him to depart from their borders. And he having boarded the boat, the one who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him. But Jesus did not allow him but tells him,
“Go to your house, to your relatives, and proclaim to them how much the Lord has done for you, and had mercy on you!”
And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and every one was amazed.
And Jesus, having crossed over in the boat again to the other side, there was a great crowd gathered to him and he was beside the sea. And look, one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, comes and seeing him falls at his feet. And he begged him a lot saying,
“My little daughter is at death’s door, would you come and lay hands on her so that she may be saved and live?”
And he departed with him and a great crowd followed him and pressed on him. And a certain woman being with a discharge of blood twelve years and having suffered much under many doctors and having spent all her resources and having benefited nothing, but rather having grown worse, having heard about Jesus came in the crowd behind. She touched his clothes, for she said, ‘If I touch only his garments I’ll be cured!’
And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up and she knew physically that she was healed from the scourge.
And at once Jesus, knowing in himself the power had gone out of him, having turned around in the crowd, said,
“Who touched my clothes?”
And his disciples said to him,
“You see the crowd pressing on you, and you’re saying ‘Who touched me?’”
And he looked round to see her who had done this, but the woman, being afraid and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him and told him all the truth.
And he said to her,
“Daughter, your faith has cured you: go in peace and be healthy from your scourge!”
While he is still speaking they come from the ruler of the synagogue’s saying,
“Your daughter’s dead, why bother the teacher any more?”
But Jesus at once, having heard the word spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue,
“Don’t be afraid: only believe!”
And he let no one follow him except Peter and James, and John the brother of James. And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and he sees an uproar: much weeping and wailing.
And having entered he says to them,
“Why are you making an uproar and weeping? The child isn’t dead but sleeping!”
And they laughed at him. But he, having thrown them all out, takes along the father of the child, and the mother, and those with him, and enters in to where the child was lying.
And, having taken the child’s hand, he says to her,
“Talitha cumi!” which is, being translated,
“Girl, I tell you, get up!”
And immediately the girl got up and walked, for she was twelve years old. And they were astonished with great astonishment.
And he strictly instructed them that no one should know this, and said that something should be given her to eat.
