Mark 5 - 6 — Legacy Standard Bible

Jesus Saves a Man with Many Demons

5^aThen they came to the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes. ²And when He got out of ^athe boat, immediately a man from the tombs ^bwith an unclean spirit met Him, ³who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; ⁴because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. ⁵And constantly, night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out and gashing himself with stones. ⁶And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; ⁷and crying out with a loud voice, he *said, “¹^,^aWhat do I have to do with You, Jesus, ^bSon of ^cthe Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!” ⁸For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” ⁹And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he *said to Him, “My name is ^aLegion; for we are many.” ¹⁰And he began pleading with Him earnestly not to send them out of the region. ¹¹Now there was a large herd of swine feeding ¹nearby on the mountain. ¹²And the demons pleaded with Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.” ¹³And Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

¹⁴And their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵And they *came to Jesus and *observed the ^ademon-possessed man sitting down, ^bclothed and ^cin his right mind, the very man who had the “^dlegion”; and they became frightened. ¹⁶And those who had seen it recounted to them how this had happened to the ^ademon-possessed man, and all about the swine. ¹⁷And they began to ^aplead with Him to leave their region. ¹⁸^aAnd as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been ^bdemon-possessed was pleading with Him that he might ¹accompany Him. ¹⁹And He did not let him, but He *said to him, “^aGo home to your people and report to them ¹what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” ²⁰And he went away and began to ^apreach in the ^bDecapolis ¹what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was marveling.

Jesus Heals a Woman and Jairus’ Daughter

²¹^aAnd when Jesus had crossed over again in ^bthe boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He ¹stayed ^cby the seashore. ²²^aAnd one of ^bthe synagogue ¹officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet ²³and *pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come, that by coming, ^aYou may lay Your hands on her, so that she will ¹be saved and live.” ²⁴And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him.

²⁵And a woman—who had a hemorrhage for twelve years ²⁶and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse— ²⁷after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His garment. ²⁸For she was saying, “If I just touch His garments, I will ¹be saved from this.” ²⁹And immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she knew within her body that she had been healed of her ^aaffliction. ³⁰And immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that ^athe power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and was saying, “Who touched My garments?” ³¹And His disciples were saying to Him, “You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’” ³²And He was looking around to see the woman who had done this. ³³But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. ³⁴And He said to her, “Daughter, ^ayour faith has ¹saved you; ^bgo in peace and be healed of your ^caffliction.”

³⁵While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the ^asynagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?” ³⁶But Jesus, overhearing what had been spoken, *said to the ^asynagogue official, “^bDo not be afraid, only ¹believe.” ³⁷And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except ^aPeter and James and John the brother of James. ³⁸And they *came to the house of the ^asynagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly crying and wailing. ³⁹And entering in, He *said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and crying? The child has not died, but is asleep.” ⁴⁰And they began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was. ⁴¹And taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, “Talitha kum!” (which translated means, “Little girl, ^aI say to you, arise!”). ⁴²And immediately the little girl stood up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded. ⁴³And He ^agave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that some food should be given to her to eat.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

6^aAnd ¹Jesus went out from there and *came into ²^,^bHis hometown; and His disciples *followed Him. ²And when the Sabbath came, He began ^ato teach in the synagogue; and ^bmany listeners were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to this man, and such ¹miracles as these performed by His hands? ³“Is this man not ^athe carpenter, ^bthe son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not ^cHis sisters here with us?” And they were taking ^doffense at Him. ⁴And Jesus was saying to them, “^aA prophet is not without honor except in ¹^,^bhis hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.” ⁵And He could do no ¹miracle there except that He ^alaid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. ⁶And He was marveling at their unbelief. ^aAnd He was going around the villages teaching.

The Twelve Sent Out

⁷^aAnd ^bHe *summoned the twelve and began to send them out ^cin pairs, and was giving them authority over the unclean spirits; ⁸^aand He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only—no bread, no ¹bag, no money in their belt— ⁹but ¹to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not put on two ²tunics.” ¹⁰And He was saying to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you ¹leave town. ¹¹“And any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, ^ashake the dust ¹off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.” ¹²^aAnd they went out and ¹preached that men should repent. ¹³And they were casting out many demons and ^awere anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.

The Death of John the Baptist

¹⁴^aAnd King Herod heard it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “^bJohn the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.” ¹⁵But others were saying, “He is ^aElijah.” And others were saying, “He is ^ba prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” ¹⁶But when Herod heard it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of ^aHerodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her. ¹⁸For John had been saying to Herod, “^aIt is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ¹⁹^aNow Herodias was holding a grudge against him and was wanting to put him to death and was not able; ²⁰for ^aHerod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he was keeping him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; ¹but he ²used to enjoy listening to him. ²¹And a strategic day came when Herod on his birthday ^agave a banquet for his great men and ¹military commanders and the leading men ^bof Galilee; ²²and when the daughter of ^aHerodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and ¹his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.” ²³And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to ^ahalf of my kingdom.” ²⁴And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” ²⁵And immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” ²⁶And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of ¹his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. ²⁷And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison, ²⁸and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. ²⁹And when his disciples heard this, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰^aAnd the ^bapostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. ³¹And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and ^athey did not even have time to eat.) ³²^aAnd they went away in ^bthe boat to a desolate place by themselves.

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

³³And the people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. ³⁴And when Jesus went ¹ashore, He ^asaw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because ^bthey were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. ³⁵And when it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and began saying, “¹This place is desolate and it is already quite late; ³⁶send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves ¹something to eat.” ³⁷But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat!” ^aAnd they *said to Him, “Shall we go and spend two hundred ¹^,^bdenarii on bread and give them something to eat?” ³⁸And He *said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go look!” And when they found out, they *said, “Five, and two fish.” ³⁹And He commanded them all to ¹sit down by ²groups on the green grass. ⁴⁰And they ¹sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. ⁴¹And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He ^ablessed the food and broke the loaves. And He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them, and He divided up the two fish among them all. ⁴²And they all ate and were satisfied, ⁴³and they picked up twelve full ^abaskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. ⁴⁴And there were ^afive thousand men who ate the loaves.

Jesus Walks on the Sea

⁴⁵^aAnd immediately Jesus made His disciples get into ^bthe boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to ^cBethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. ⁴⁶And after ^abidding them farewell, He left ^bfor the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷And when it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. ⁴⁸And seeing them ¹straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the ²^,^afourth watch of the night He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He was intending to pass by them. ⁴⁹But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought that it was a ghost, and cried out; ⁵⁰for they all saw Him and were ¹terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, “^aTake courage; it is I, ^bdo not be afraid.” ⁵¹Then He got into ^athe boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were ¹utterly amazed, ⁵²for ^athey ¹had not gained any insight about the loaves, but their ²heart ^bwas hardened.

Many Healed at Gennesaret

⁵³^aAnd when they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. ⁵⁴And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, ⁵⁵and ran about that whole region and began to carry here and there on their mats those who were sick, to ¹the place they heard He was. ⁵⁶And wherever He was entering villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and pleading with Him that they might just ^atouch ^bthe fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were being ¹saved from their sicknesses.