11. Over on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.
12. So the evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us into those pigs! Let us go into them.”
13. Jesus let them go, and they went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
14. The men taking care of the pigs ran to the town and the farms to spread the news. Then the people came out to see what had happened.
15. When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified.
16. Everyone who had seen what had happened told about the man and the pigs.
17. Then the people started begging Jesus to leave their part of the country.
18. When Jesus was getting into the boat, the man begged to go with him.
19. But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good he has been to you.”
20. The man went away into the region near the ten cities known as Decapolis and began telling everyone how much Jesus had done for him. Everyone who heard what had happened was amazed.
21. Once again Jesus got into the boat and crossed Lake Galilee. Then as he stood on the shore, a large crowd gathered around him.
22. The person in charge of the Jewish meeting place was also there. His name was Jairus, and when he saw Jesus, he went over to him. He knelt at Jesus' feet
23. and started begging him for help. He said, “My daughter is about to die! Please come and touch her, so she will get well and live.”
24. Jesus went with Jairus. Many people followed along and kept crowding around.
25. In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years.
26. She had gone to many doctors, and they had not done anything except cause her a lot of pain. She had paid them all the money she had. But instead of getting better, she only got worse.
27. The woman had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him in the crowd and barely touched his clothes.
28. She had said to herself, “If I can just touch his clothes, I will get well.”