The Gospel of St. Mark

Aquarian Gospel

Chapter Five

Chapter 118

1: And they came over to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.

THE morning came; the Christines landed in the country of the Geracenes.
2) They went to Gadara, chief city of the Peracans, and here for certain days they tarried and they taught.
3) Now, legends hold that Gadara is sacred to the dead, and all the hills about are known as holy ground.
4) These are the burial grounds of all the regions round about; the hills are full of tombs; and many dead from Galilee are here entombed.
5) Now, spirits of the lately dead that cannot rise to higher planes, remain about the tombs that hold the flesh and bones of what was once their mortal homes.
6) They sometimes take possession of the living, whom they torture in a hundred ways.
7) And all through Gadara were men obsessed, and there was no one strong enough to bring relief.
8) That they might meet these hidden foes and learn the way to dispossess the evil ones the master took the foreign masters and the twelve into the tombs.

2: And when he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs, a man with an unclean spirit,

9) And as they neared the gates they met a man obsessed. A legion of the unclean ones were in this man, and they had made him strong;

3: Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

10) And none could bind him down, no, not with chains; for he could break the stoutest chains, and go his way.

4: Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

5: And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

11) Now, unclean spirits cannot live in light; they revel in the dark.
12) When Jesus came he brought the light of life, and all the evil spirits were disturbed.

7: And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, the Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that you torment me not.

13) The leader of the legion in the man called out,
Thou Jesus, thou Immanuel, we beg that thou wilt not consign us to the depths. Torment us not before our time.

8: For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

9: And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

14) And Jesus said, What is your number and your name?
15) The evil spirit said, Our name is legion, and our number is the number of the beast.
16) And Jesus spoke; and with a voice that shook the very hills, he said, Come forth; possess this man no more.

10: And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

11: Now there was there near the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

17) Now, all the hills were filled with unclean animals that fed, and carried forth and spread the plague among the people of the land.

12: And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

13: And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

19) Go forth and take possession of the unclean quadrupeds.

20) And they, and all the evil spirits of the tombs went forth and took possession of the breeders of the plague,
21) Which, wild with rage, ran down the steeps into the sea, and all were drowned.

14: And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.

22) And all the land was freed of the contagion, and the unclean spirits came no more.

15: And they come to Jesus, and to see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

16: And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

23) But when the people saw the mighty works that Jesus did they were alarmed. They said,
24) If he can free the country of the plague, and drive the unclean spirits out, he is a man of such transcendent power that he can devastate our land at will.

17: And they began to pray that he would depart out of their coasts.

25) And then they came and prayed that he would not remain in Gadara.

18: And when he came back to the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil, prayed that he might be with him.

26) And Jesus did not tarry longer there, and with the other masters and the twelve, he went aboard the boats to go away.
27) The man who had been rescued from the unclean legion stood upon the shore and said, Lord let me go with you.

19: But Jesus suffered him not, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them the great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had compassion on you.

28) But Jesus said, It is not well; go forth to your home and tell the news, that men may know what man can do when he is tuned with God.

20: And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.

29) And then the man went forth through all Decapolis and told the news.

21: And when Jesus was passed over again by ship to the other side, many people gathered to him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

30) The Christines sailed away, re-crossed the sea and came again into Capernaum.

Chapter 120 (continued from Mark 2:22)

22: And, behold, there came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

12) And as he spoke a ruler of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came in and bowed at Jesus' feet and said,

23: And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

13) My master, hear my prayer! My child is very sick, I fear that she will die; but this I know that if you will but come and speak the Word my child will live.
14) (She was an only child, a girl twelve years of age.)

24: And Jesus went with him; and many people followed him, and thronged him.

15) And Jesus tarried not; he went out with the man, and many people followed them.

25: And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

16) And as they went a woman who had been plagued with hemorrhage for many years,

26: And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was not better, but rather grew worse,

had been a subject of experiment of doctors near and far, and all had said, She cannot live,

27: When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

rose from her bed and rushed out in the way as Jesus passed.

28: For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

17) She said within herself,
If I can touch his garment, then I know I will be well.

29: And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

18) She touched him, and at once the bleeding ceased and she was well.

30: And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?

19) And Jesus felt that healing power had gone from him, and speaking to the multitude, he said,
20) Who was it touched my coat?

31: And his disciples said to him, You see the multitudes thronging you, and you say, Who touched me?

21) And Peter said, No one can tell; the multitudes are pressing you; a score of people may have touched your coat.

32: And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

22) But Jesus said, Some one in faith, with healing thought, did touch my coat, for healing virtues have gone forth from me.

33: But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.

23) And when the woman knew that what she did was known, she came and knelt at Jesus' feet and told it all.
 

34: And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be whole of your plague.

24) And Jesus said,
Your faith has made you whole, go on your way in peace.

35: While he yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble the Master any further?

25) Now, as he spoke, a servant from the home of Jairus came and said,
My master, Jairus, trouble not the Lord to come; your child is dead.

36: As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

26) But Jesus said,
Jairus, man of faith, do not permit your faith to waver in this trying hour.
27) What is it that the servant said? The child is dead? Lo, what is death?
28) It is the passing of the soul out of the house of flesh.
29) Man is the master of the soul and of its house. When man has risen up from doubt and fear, lo, he can cleanse the empty house and bring the tenant back again. 

37: And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

38: And he came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw the tumult, and those that wept and wailed greatly.

39: And when he came in, he said to them, Why make you this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleeps.

40: And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he took the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entered in where the damsel was lying.

Jairus and the mother of the child, he went into the chamber of the dead.

41: And he took the damsel by the hand, and said to her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say to you, arise.

31) And when the doors were closed against the multitude, he spoke a word that souls can understand, and then he took the maiden by the hand and said,
32) Talith cumi, child, arise!

42: And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.

The maiden's soul returned and she arose and asked for food.

33) And all the people of the city were amazed, and many would have worshipped Jesus as a God.

43: And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

34) But, like a phantom of the night, he disappeared and went his way.