The Man with Many Demons

Jesus and his closest followers arrived at the other side of the lake after He had stopped the storm.

And there was a man living there who had lots of demons. He was violent, walked around naked, screaming, and he even cut himself with rocks. He was completely out of his mind.

As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, the man started screaming and running towards Jesus. And when got to Jesus, he fell on the ground and began yelling, “What do you want Jesus, Son of the most-high God? Please don’t hurt us.”

Jesus asked them, “What’s your name?” The demons replied, “Our name is Army, because there’s a lot of us in this man.”

Now, close by on a hillside there were about two thousand pigs that were grazing. And the demons begged Jesus, “Please don’t send us far away, send us into these pigs instead.” So, Jesus cast the demons out and allowed them to go in the pigs. When the demons entered them, the pigs went crazy and ran down the side of the hill right into the lake, and they all drowned.

The men who were taking care of the pigs saw what happened, and they ran into town and told everyone about it.

Soon, a large crowd came out to see what happened. When they got to there, they saw the man who had been filled with all the demons sitting quietly in his right mind and fully clothed. And it freaked them out, so much so that the crowd began begging Jesus, “Please just go away! Do not bother us anymore!”

So, Jesus and his closest followers got in the boat to leave. But as He was getting in the boat, the man who had the demons began to say, “Please, Jesus, let me go with you!” Jesus turned to him and said, “Go back to your family and tell them about everything that God’s done for you, and how He showed you mercy.”

So, the man did just as Jesus had told him. He went back and told his family everything God did. But he not only told them, he went and told everyone in the surrounding towns about what Jesus had done for him, and everybody was completely amazed.

Jairus’ Daughter and the Bleeding Woman

After Jesus cast the demons out, He and His closest followers went back to the other side of the lake, and there was a large crowd waiting for them there.

And a man named Jairus ran up to Jesus and said, “Jesus, my daughter is dying, please come and heal her.” So, Jesus went with him to his house, and the large crowd also went along with them.

In the crowd was a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years. She had seen lots of doctors and spent all of her money. But, in the end she only got worse.

The woman thought, “If I could just touch his clothes, I know I’ll be healed.” So, she worked her way through the crowd and came up behind Jesus and reached out and touched his robe. All of sudden, the bleeding stopped and she could feel that she was all better.

Well, Jesus felt that power had gone out of him, and He immediately stopped and turned around and said, “Who touched me?”

One of Jesus’ closest followers said to him, “What do you mean ‘who touched you’? There is a huge crowd pressing all around you.” But Jesus kept looking around to see who touched Him.

Finally, the woman came forward, and she was so afraid that she was literally shaking, and she fell on her knees in front of Jesus and told him everything that happened and how she had been healed.

And Jesus said to the woman, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. You’re not going to suffer from this anymore.”

At the same time, someone from Jairus’s house came and said to the man, "Don't bother Jesus anymore. Your daughter has died.

But Jesus looked at Jairus and said, "Don't be afraid. Just believe”. So, they continued to the house.

When they got to the house, they saw a huge crowd had gathered and were crying over the girl's death.

Then Jesus took Jairus and his wife, and three of his closest followers and went into the room where the girl's body was. Then he took the girl's hand and said to her, "Little girl, get up". And immediately she got up. And everyone was amazed.