Mark 5 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Demons Driven Out by the Master

5 Then^(A) they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.^{[a] 2} As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean^(B) spirit^(C) came out of the tombs^(D) and met Him. ³ He lived in the tombs.^(E) No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains^(F)— ⁴ because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed^(G) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue^(H) him. ⁵ And always, night^(I) and day, he was crying out among the tombs^(J) and in the mountains^(K) and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him. ⁷ And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me,^[b] Jesus, Son^(L) of the Most High God?^(M) I beg^[c] You before God, don’t torment^(N) me!” ⁸ For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean^(O) spirit!”^(P)

⁹ “What is your name?” He asked him.

“My name is Legion,”^[d](Q) he answered Him, “because we are many.” ¹⁰ And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.

¹¹ Now a large herd of pigs^(R) was there, feeding^(S) on the hillside. ¹² The demons^[e] begged Him, “Send us to the pigs, so we may enter them.” ¹³ And He gave them permission. Then the unclean^(T) spirits^(U) came out and entered the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there. ¹⁴ The men who tended them^[f] ran off^(V) and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. ¹⁵ They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed^(W) by the legion,^(X) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind;^(Y) and they were afraid.^{(Z) 16} The eyewitnesses described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed^(AA) man and told about the pigs. ¹⁷ Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.

¹⁸ As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him. ¹⁹ But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord^(AB) has done^(AC) for you and how He has had mercy on you.” ²⁰ So he went out and began to proclaim^(AD) in the Decapolis^(AE) how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.^(AF)

A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed

²¹ When^(AG) Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd^(AH) gathered around Him while He was by the sea. ²² One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus,^(AI) came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at His feet^{(AJ) 23} and kept begging Him, “My little daughter is at death’s door.^[g] Come and lay Your hands on^(AK) her so she can get well^(AL) and live.”

²⁴ So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against Him. ²⁵ A woman suffering from bleeding^(AM) for 12 years ²⁶ had endured^(AN) much under many doctors.^(AO) She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse. ²⁷ Having heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched^(AP) His robe.^{(AQ) 28} For she said, “If I can just touch His robes, I’ll be made well!”^{(AR) 29} Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was cured^(AS) of her affliction.

³⁰ At once Jesus realized in Himself that power^(AT) had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd^(AU) and said, “Who touched My robes?”^(AV)

³¹ His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

³² So He was looking around to see who had done this. ³³ Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came with fear and trembling, fell down^(AW) before Him, and told Him the whole truth.^{(AX) 34} “Daughter,” He said to her, “your faith^(AY) has made you well.^[h](AZ) Go in peace and be free^[i](BA) from your affliction.”^(BB)

³⁵ While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher^(BC) anymore?”

³⁶ But when Jesus overheard what was said, He told the synagogue leader, “Don’t be afraid.^(BD) Only believe.” ³⁷ He did not let anyone accompany Him except Peter,^(BE) James,^(BF) and John,^(BG) James’s brother. ³⁸ They came to the leader’s house, and He saw a commotion—people weeping and wailing loudly. ³⁹ He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping?^(BH) The child^(BI) is not dead but asleep.”^(BJ)

⁴⁰ They started laughing at Him, but He put them all outside. He took the child’s father,^(BK) mother, and those who were with Him, and entered the place where the child was. ⁴¹ Then He took the child^(BL) by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!”^[j] (which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”^(BM)). ⁴² Immediately the girl got up^(BN) and began to walk.^(BO) (She was 12 years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.^{(BP) 43} Then He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this^(BQ) and said that she should be given something to eat.

Footnotes

1. Mark 5:1 Some mss read Gadarenes; other mss read Gergesenes
2. Mark 5:7 Lit What to me and to You
3. Mark 5:7 Or adjure
4. Mark 5:9 A Roman legion contained up to 6,000 soldiers; here legion indicates a large number.
5. Mark 5:12 Other mss read All the demons
6. Mark 5:14 Other mss read tended the pigs
7. Mark 5:23 Lit My little daughter has it finally; = to be at the end of life
8. Mark 5:34 Or has saved you
9. Mark 5:34 Lit healthy
10. Mark 5:41 An Aram expression

Cross references

1. 5:1-20 : Mt 8:28-34; Lk 8:26-39
2. 5:2 : 2Co 6:17
3. 5:2 : Lk 11:24
4. 5:2 : Jn 5:28
5. 5:3 : Lk 23:53
6. 5:3 : Mk 15:1
7. 5:4 : Rm 16:20; Rv 2:27
8. 5:4 : Jms 3:7-8
9. 5:5 : Jn 9:4
10. 5:5 : Lk 23:53
11. 5:5 : Mt 4:8
12. 5:7 : Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2
13. 5:7 : Ps 78:35
14. 5:7 : Rv 20:10
15. 5:8 : 2Co 6:17
16. 5:8 : Lk 11:24
17. 5:9 : Mt 26:53; Lk 8:30
18. 5:11 : Mt 7:6; 8:30-32; Lk 8:32-33; 15:15-16
19. 5:11 : Jn 21:15
20. 5:13 : 2Co 6:17
21. 5:13 : Lk 11:24
22. 5:14 : Jms 4:7
23. 5:15 : Mt 9:32
24. 5:15 : Mk 5:9
25. 5:15 : 1Pt 4:7
26. 5:15 : Ps 147:11; Pr 1:7; Rv 14:7
27. 5:16 : Mt 9:32
28. 5:19 : Col 4:1; Jd 5
29. 5:19 : Lk 1:25; 8:39; Ac 15:17; Rm 9:28
30. 5:20 : Mk 1:4
31. 5:20 : Mt 4:25; Mk 7:31
32. 5:20 : Rv 17:6
33. 5:21-43 : Mt 9:18-26; Lk 8:40-56
34. 5:21 : Mk 2:4
35. 5:22 : Lk 8:41
36. 5:22 : Rv 19:10
37. 5:23 : 1Tm 5:22
38. 5:23 : Mk 6:56
39. 5:25 : Lk 8:43
40. 5:26 : Php 1:29
41. 5:26 : Col 4:14
42. 5:27 : Jn 20:17
43. 5:27 : Lk 19:36
44. 5:28 : Mk 6:56; Ac 16:31
45. 5:29 : Lk 7:7
46. 5:30 : Lk 5:17; 6:19; 8:46
47. 5:30 : Mk 2:13
48. 5:30 : Lk 19:36
49. 5:33 : Lk 8:47
50. 5:33 : Jn 14:6
51. 5:34 : Mt 8:10
52. 5:34 : Mt 9:22; Mk 6:56
53. 5:34 : Ac 4:10
54. 5:34 : Mk 5:29
55. 5:35 : Mk 4:38; Eph 4:11
56. 5:36 : Jn 6:20
57. 5:37 : Lk 6:14
58. 5:37 : Ac 12:2
59. 5:37 : Jn 21:7
60. 5:39 : Mt 9:23
61. 5:39 : Lk 1:7
62. 5:39 : Mt 9:24
63. 5:40 : Col 3:21
64. 5:41 : Lk 1:7
65. 5:41 : Mk 1:31; 2:11; 4:27, 38; 9:27; 14:41-42
66. 5:42 : Mk 9:27
67. 5:42 : Mt 11:5
68. 5:42 : Mk 16:8; Ac 10:45
69. 5:43 : Mk 1:44; Lk 8:56