Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech: Mark | Page 6

So the man departed, and related publicly everywhere in
the Ten Towns all that Jesus had done for him; and all were astonished.
005:021 When Jesus had re-crossed in the boat to the other side, a vast
multitude came crowding to Him; and He was on the shore of the Lake,
005:022 when there came one of the Wardens of the Synagogue-- he
was called Jair--who, on beholding Him, threw himself at His feet,
005:023 and besought Him with many entreaties. "My little daughter,"
he said, "is at the point of death: I pray you come and lay your hands
upon her, that she may recover and live." 005:024 And Jesus went with
him. And a dense crowd followed Him, and thronged Him on all sides.
005:025 Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from
haemorrhage, 005:026 and had undergone many different treatments
under a number of doctors and had spent all she had without receiving
benefit but on the contrary growing worse, 005:027 heard of Jesus. And
she came in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak; 005:028 for
she said, "If I but touch His clothes, I shall be cured." 005:029 In a
moment the flow of her blood ceased, and she felt in herself that her
complaint was cured. 005:030 Immediately Jesus, well knowing that
healing power had gone from within Him, turned round in the crowd
and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" 005:031 "You see the multitude
pressing you on all sides," His disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask,

`Who touched me?'" 005:032 But He continued looking about to see
the person who had done this, 005:033 until the woman, frightened and
trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and threw herself
at His feet, and told Him all the truth. 005:034 "Daughter," He said,
"your faith has cured you: go in peace, and be free from your
complaint." 005:035 While He is yet speaking, men come from the
house to the Warden, and say, "Your daughter is dead: why trouble the
Rabbi further?" 005:036 But Jesus, overhearing the words, said to the
Warden, "Do not be afraid; only have faith." 005:037 And He allowed
no one to accompany Him except Peter and the brothers James and
John. 005:038 So they come to the Warden's house. Here He gazes on a
scene of uproar, with people weeping aloud and wailing. 005:039 He
goes in. "Why all this outcry and loud weeping?" He asks; "the child is
asleep, not dead." 005:040 To this their reply is a scornful laugh. He,
however, puts them all out, takes the child's father and mother and
those He has brought with Him, and enters the room where the child
lies. 005:041 Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha,
koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!" 005:042
Instantly the little girl rises to her feet and begins to walk (for she was
twelve years old). They were at once beside themselves with utter
astonishment; 005:043 but He gave strict injunctions that the matter
should not be made known, and directed them to give her something to
eat. 006:001 Leaving that place He came into His own country,
accompanied by His disciples. 006:002 On the Sabbath He proceeded
to teach in the synagogue; and many, as they heard Him, were
astonished. "Where did he acquire all this?" they asked. "What is this
wisdom that has been given to him? And what are these marvellous
miracles which his hands perform? 006:003 Is not this the carpenter,
Mary's son, the brother of James and Joses, Jude and Simon? And do
not his sisters live here among us?" So they turned angrily away.
006:004 But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour
except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own
home." 006:005 And He could not do any miracle there, except that He
laid His hands on a few who were out of health and cured them; and
006:006 He wondered at their unbelief. So He went round the adjacent
villages, teaching. 006:007 Then summoning the Twelve to Him, He
proceeded to send them out by twos, and gave them authority over the

foul spirits. 006:008 He charged them to take nothing for the journey
except a stick; no bread, no bag, and not a penny in their pockets,
006:009 but to go wearing sandals. "And do not," He said, "put on an
extra under garment. 006:010 Wherever you enter a house, make it
your home till you leave that place. 006:011 But wherever they will not
receive you or listen to you, when you leave shake off the very dust
from under your feet to bear witness concerning them." 006:012 So
they set out, and