Part 7

005:015 and when they came to Jesus, they beheld the demoniac quietly seated, clothed and of sane mind--the man who had had the legion; and they were awe-stricken.

005:016 And those who had seen it told them the particulars of what had happened to the demoniac, and all about the swine.

005:017 Then they began entreating Him to depart from their district.

005:018 As He was embarking, the man who had been possessed asked permission to accompany Him.

005:019 But He would not allow it. "Go home to your family," He said, "and report to them all that the Lord has done for you, and the mercy He has shown you."

005:020 So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.

005:021 When Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the other side, a vast multitude came crowding to Him; and He was on the shore of the Lake,

005:022 when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue-- he was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,

005:023 and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter," he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands upon her, that she may recover and live."

005:024 And Jesus went with him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.

005:025 Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage,

005:026 and had undergone many different treatments under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving benefit but on the contrary growing worse,

005:027 heard of Jesus. And she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak;

005:028 for she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured."

005:029 In a moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her complaint was cured.

005:030 Immediately Jesus, well knowing that healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

005:031 "You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'"

005:032 But He continued looking about to see the person who had done this,

005:033 until the woman, frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself at His feet, and told Him all the truth.

005:034 "Daughter," He said, "your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your complaint."

005:035 While He is yet speaking, men come from the house to the Warden, and say, "Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Rabbi further?"

005:036 But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith."

005:037 And He allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter and the brothers James and John.

005:038 So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing.

005:039 He goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is asleep, not dead."

005:040 To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He, however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child lies.

005:041 Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!"

005:042 Instantly the little girl rises to her feet and begins to walk (for she was twelve years old). They were at once beside themselves with utter astonishment;