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Then all the people from the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave because they were terrified. Jesus got into a boat and started back.
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The man from whom the demons had gone out begged him, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent the man away and told him,
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"Go home to your family, and tell them how much God has done for you." So the man left. He went through the whole city and told people how much Jesus had done for him.
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When Jesus came back, a crowd welcomed him. Everyone was expecting him.
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A man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, arrived and quickly bowed down in front of Jesus. He begged Jesus to come to his home.
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His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went, the people were crowding around him.
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A woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years was in the crowd. No one could cure her.
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She came up behind Jesus, touched the edge of his clothes, and her bleeding stopped at once.
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Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" After everyone denied touching him, Peter said, "Teacher, the people are crowding you and pressing against you."
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Jesus said, "Someone touched me. I know power has gone out of me."
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The woman saw that she couldn't hide. Trembling, she quickly bowed in front of him. There, in front of all the people, she told why she touched him and how she was cured at once.