طرد الأرواح النجسة وغرق الخنازير
(متى 8:28-34، لوقا 8:26-39)1 ووَصَلوا إلى الشّاطئِ الآخَرِ مِنْ بحرِ الجليلِ، في ناحِيَةِ الجَراسيّينَ. 2 ولمّا نزَلَ مِنَ القاربِ اَستقبَلَهُ رجُلٌ خرَجَ مِنَ المَقابِرِ، وفيهِ رُوحٌ نَجِسٌ. 3 وكانَ يُقيمُ هُناكَ، ولا يَقدِرُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَربُطَهُ حتى بسِلسِلَةٍ. 4 فكثيرًا ما رَبَطوهُ بالقُيودِ والسلاسِلِ، فكانَ يُقطّعُ السّلاسِلَ ويُكسّرُ القُيودَ، ولا يَقوى أحَدٌ على ضَبْطِهِ. 5 وكانَ طَوالَ الليلِ والنّهارِ في المَقابِرِ والجِبالِ يَصرُخُ ويُجرّحُ جسَدَهُ بالحِجارَةِ.
6 فلمّا شاهَدَ يَسوعَ عَنْ بُعْدٍ، أسرَعَ إلَيهِ وسجَدَ لَه 7 وصاحَ بِأَعلى صوتِهِ: «ما لي ولَكَ، يا يَسوعُ اَبنَ اللهِ العَليّ؟ أستَحلِفُكَ باللهِ، لا تُعَذّبْني!» 8 لأنّ يَسوعَ قالَ لَه: «أيّها الرّوحُ النّجِسُ اَخرُجْ مِنْ هذا الرّجُلِ!» 9 فسألَهُ يَسوعُ: «ما اَسمُكَ؟» فأجابَ: «اَسمي جَيشٌ، لأنّنا كَثيرونَ». 10 وتَوسّلَ كثيرًا إلى يَسوعَ أنْ لا يَطرُدَ الأرواحَ النّجِسَةَ مِنْهُ إلى خارِجِ المِنطَقَةِ.
11 وكانَ هُناكَ قَطيعٌ كبيرٌ مِنَ الخنازيرِ يَرعى قُرْبَ الجبَلِ. 12 فتَوسّلَتِ الأرواحُ النّجِسَةُ إلى يَسوعَ بِقولِها: «أرسِلْنا إلى تِلكَ الخنازيرِ لنَدخُلَ فيها». 13 فأَذِنَ لها. فخَرَجتِ الأرواحُ النّجِسَةُ ودَخَلَت في الخنازيرِ. فاَندَفعَ القَطيعُ مِنَ المُنحَدَرِ إلى البحرِ، وعدَدُهُ نَحوَ ألفينِ، فغَرِقَ فيهِ. 14 وهرَبَ الرّعاةُ ونَشروا الخبَرَ في المدينةِ والقُرى، فخرَجَ النّاسُ ليَرَوا ما جرى. 15 فلمّا وصَلوا إلى يَسوعَ، شاهدوا الرّجُلَ الذي كانَ فيهِ جَيشٌ مِنَ الشّياطينِ جالِسًا هُناكَ لابِسًا سليمَ العَقلِ. فاَستَولى علَيهِمِ الخوفُ. 16 فأخبرَهُمُ الشّهودُ بِما جرى للرّجُلِ الذي كانَت فيهِ الشّياطينُ وبِما أصابَ الخنازيرَ. 17 فطَلبوا إلى يَسوعَ أن يَرحَلَ عَنْ ديارِهِم.
18 وبَينَما هوَ يركَبُ القارِبَ، طلَبَ إلَيهِ الذي كانَت فيهِ الشّياطينُ أن يأخُذَهُ معَهُ. 19 فما أذِنَ لَه، بل قالَ لَه: «اَرجِعْ إلى بَيتِكَ وإلى أهلِكَ وأخْبِرْهُم بِما عَمِلَ الرّبّ لَكَ وكيفَ رَحِمَكَ». 20 فذهَبَ الرّجُلُ وأخذَ يُنادي في المُدُنِ العَشْرِ بِما عَمِلَ يَسوعُ لَه، وكانَ جميعُ النّاسِ يَتعجّبونَ.
ابنة يايروس والمرأة التي لمست ثوب يسوع
(متى 9:18-26، لوقا 8:40-56)21 وعبَرَ يَسوعُ في القارِبِ إلى الشّاطئِ المُقابِلِ، فتجَمّعَ حَولَهُ على الشّاطئِ جُمهورٌ كبيرٌ. 22 وجاءَ رجُلٌ مِنْ رُؤساءِ المَجمعِ اَسمُهُ يايرُسُ. فلمّا رأى يَسوعَ وقَعَ على قَدمَيهِ، 23 وتوَسّلَ إليهِ كثيرًا بِقولِهِ: «اَبنَتي الصّغيرةُ على فِراشِ الموتِ! تَعالَ وضَعْ يدَكَ علَيها، فتَشفى وتَحيا!» 24 فذهَبَ معَهُ وتَبِعَهُ جَمعٌ كبيرٌ يَزحمُهُ مِنْ كُلّ جانِبٍ.
25 وكانَت هُناكَ اَمرَأةٌ مُصابَةٌ بِنَزْفِ الدّمِ مِنِ اَثنتَي عَشْرَةَ سنَةً، 26 عالَجَها أطِبّاءُ كثيرونَ، وأنفَقَت كُلّ ما تَملِكُ، فما اَستَفادَت شيئًا، لا بل صارَت مِنْ سيّئٍ إلى أسوأَ. 27 فلمّا سَمِعَت بأخبارِ يَسوعَ، دخَلَت بَينَ الجُموعِ مِنْ خَلفٍ ولَمَسَت ثَوبَهُ، 28 لأنّها قالَت في نَفْسِها: «يكْفي أنْ ألمسَ ثيابَهُ لأُشفى». 29 فاَنقَطعَ نَزْفُ دمِها في الحالِ، وأحَسّت في جِسمِها أنّها شُفِيَت مِنْ دائِها.
30 وشعَرَ يَسوعُ في الحالِ بِقُوّةٍ خَرجَت مِنهُ. فاَلتَفتَ إلى الجُموعِ وقالَ: «مَنْ لَمَسَ ثيابي؟» 31 فقالَ لَه تلاميذُهُ: «تَرى النّاسَ يَزحَمونَكَ وتَسألُ: مَنْ لَمَسني؟» 32 ولكِنّهُ نظَرَ حَولَهُ ليَرى التي فَعلَت ذلِكَ. 33 وخافَتِ المَرأةُ واَرتَعبَت لِعِلمِها بِما جرَى لها، فجاءَت وسَجدَت لَه وأخبرَتهُ بالحقيقةِ كُلّها. 34 فقالَ لها: «يا اَبنتي إِيمانُكِ شَفاكِ. فاَذهَبي بِسلامٍ، وتَعافَي مِنْ دائِكِ».
35 وبَينَما يَسوعُ يتكَلّمُ وصَلَ رِجالٌ مِنْ دارِ رَئيسِ المَجمعِ يَقولونَ: «ماتَتِ اَبنتُكَ، فلا حاجَةَ إلى إزعاجِ المُعلّمِ». 36 فتَجاهَلَ يَسوعُ كلامَهُم، وقالَ لِرئيسِ المَجمع: «لا تَخفْ، يكفي أن تُؤمِنَ». 37 وما أذِنَ لأحَدٍ أنْ يُرافِقَهُ إلاّ بُطرُسَ ويَعقوبَ ويوحنّا أخا يَعقوبَ. 38 ولمّا وصَلوا إلى دارِ رَئيسِ المَجمعِ، رأى يَسوعُ الضّجيجَ وبُكاءَ النّاسِ وعَويلَهُم. 39 فدَخَلَ وقالَ لهُم: «لِماذا تَضجّونَ وتَبكونَ؟ ما ماتَتِ الصّبيّةُ، لكِنّها نائِمةٌ!» 40 فضَحِكوا علَيهِ. فأخرَجَهُم جَميعًا، ودخَلَ بأبي الصّبيّةِ وأُمّها والذينَ كانوا معَهُ إلى حَيثُ كانَتِ الصّبيّةُ. 41 فأخَذَ بِيَدِها وقالَ لها: «طَلِيثا قُوم!» أيْ «يا صَبيّةُ أقولُ لَكِ: قُومي!» 42 فقامَتْ في الحالِ وأخذَتْ تَمشي، وكانَتِ اَبنةَ اَثنتَي عَشْرَةَ سنَةً، ففي الحالِ تَعَجّبوا كثيرًا. 43 فأوصاهُم يَسوعُ بشِدّةٍ أنْ لا يَعلَمَ أحَدٌ بِما حدَثَ، وأمرَهُم أنْ يُطعِموها.
A Man with Evil Spirits
(Matthew 8.28-34Luke 8.26-39)1 Jesus and his disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. 2 When he was getting out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to him 3 from the graveyard where he had been living. No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain. 4 He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one could control him. 5 Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones.
6 When the man saw Jesus in the distance, he ran up to him and knelt down. 7 He shouted, “Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!” 8 The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him.
9 Jesus asked, “What is your name?”
The man answered, “My name is Lots, because I have ‘lots’ of evil spirits.” 10 He then begged Jesus not to send them away.
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 2,000 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.
A Dying Girl and a Sick Woman
(Matthew 9.18-26Luke 8.40-56)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 synagogue 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 little 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 be healed.” 29 As soon as she touched them, her bleeding stopped, and she knew she was healed.
30 At that moment Jesus felt power go out from him. He turned to the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 His disciples said to him, “Look at all these people crowding around you! How can you ask who touched you?” 32 But Jesus turned to see who had touched him.
33 The woman knew what had happened to her. So she came trembling with fear and knelt down in front of Jesus. Then she told him the whole story.
34 Jesus said to the woman, “You are now well because of your faith. May God give you peace! You are healed, and you will no longer be in pain.”
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from Jairus' home and said, “Your daughter has died! Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36 Jesus heard what they said, and he said to Jairus, “Don't worry. Just have faith!”
37 Jesus did not let anyone go with him except Peter and the two brothers, James and John. 38 They went home with Jairus and saw the people crying and making a lot of noise. 39 Then Jesus went inside and said to them, “Why are you crying and carrying on like this? The child isn't dead. She is just asleep.” 40 But the people laughed at him.
After Jesus had sent them all out of the house, he took the girl's father and mother and his three disciples and went to where she was. 41-42 He took the twelve-year-old girl by the hand and said, “Talitha, koum!” which means, “Little girl, get up!” The girl got right up and started walking around.
Everyone was greatly surprised. 43 But Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened. Then he said, “Give her something to eat.”