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And he came to the half of the sea, to the country of Gadarene. And I will get out of the ship for Him, if you see Him from the tombs, a man in the soul is unclean, even a dwelling is named in the tombs, and no one can bind him with chains, for he is many times bound by fetters and snakes (iron) bound by the essence, and be torn from it with an iron already, and be distressed along the way, and no one else can torment him: and I will endure night and day in the tombs and in the mountains without crying and pushing with stones.


In the lists of more serviceable reads: to the country of the Gergesins. Matthew says that there were two demoniacs, while Mark and Luke speak of one. These last have chosen the fiercest of them and tell about him. The demoniac goes and confesses Christ as the Son of God. Inasmuch as those on the ship were perplexed about who He was, then the most reliable testimony of Him from enemies will follow - I mean demons. The demoniac lived in the tombs, because the demon wanted to inspire through this a false idea that the souls of the dead become demons, which should not be believed in any way.


Seeing Jesus from afar, flow and worship Him. And crying out with a great voice, saying: What is it to me and to You, Jesus, the Son of the Most High God? I conjure Thee by God, do not torment me: I said to him: get out, unclean soul, from man. And he asked him: what is your name? and answering, saying, Legeon is my name, for I am many. And praying to Him a lot, let them not follow them outside the country.


The demons consider it a torture to leave a person: that is why they said: don't torment that is, do not drive us out of our dwelling, that is, out of man. On the other hand, they thought that the Lord would no longer tolerate them for their excessive insolence, but would immediately betray them to torment: therefore they pray not to torment them. The Lord asks the demoniac, not in order to know Himself, but so that others know about the multitude of demons that have taken possession of him. Since one man stood before his eyes, Christ shows how many enemies this pitiful man fought.


Flee that herd of pigs at the mountain: and praying to Him all the demons saying: send us into the pig, let us enter into it. And Abie Jesus commanded them. And the souls of evil spirits came out, entering into the swine: and the herd rushed along the shore into the sea: I beat like two thousand: and drowned in the sea. Shepherding the swine fled, and proclaimed in the city and in the villages.


The demons prayed to the Lord that He would not send them out of the country, but that He would let them into the herd of pigs. He agrees to this. Since our life is a struggle, the Lord did not want to remove the demons from it, so that by their struggle with us they would make us the most skillful. He allows them to enter into the pigs, so that we know that, just as they did not spare the pigs, so they would not have spared the man if the power of God had not preserved him. For the demons, being hostile to us, would have immediately destroyed us if God had not guarded us. So know that demons have no power even over pigs, and even more so over people, if God does not allow it. But also know that people who live like pigs and wallow in the mire of sensual pleasures are inhabited by demons who overthrow them from the rapids of death in the sea of ​​this life, and they drown.


And when you come out, you lead that there is the former. And they came to Jesus, and saw a demon-possessed one sitting and clothed, and understanding, who had a legion, and was afraid. Telling them who saw what happened to the demon, and about pigs. And start praying to Him to move away from their limit. And I will climb into His ship, praying to Him who was demon-possessed, so that I would be with Him. Jesus did not give it to him, but said to him: Go to your house to yours and tell them, the Lord has made a tree for you and have mercy on you. And I went and began to preach in ten cities, the fir tree Jesus made for him: and I marveled all over.


Struck by a miracle, the inhabitants of that city went out to Jesus: when they heard about the details, they were even more frightened. That is why they prayed to Jesus to come out of their borders. They were afraid not to endure anything more. Having lost the pigs and regretting this loss, they also refuse the presence of the Lord. On the contrary, the possessed one asked Him for permission to be with Him, because he was afraid that the demons, finding him alone, would not enter him again. But the Lord sends him home, showing that His power and providence will protect him even in his absence. He also sends it away so that it can be of benefit to others who see it. So he began to preach, and everyone marveled. But see how the Savior is a stranger to exaltation! He did not say: erect what I have created for you, but: make thee a tree, the Lord. Likewise, when you do something good, ascribe it not to yourself, but to God.


And I will come to Jesus in the ships of the packs on the floor, a lot of people gathered about Him: and be with the sea. And behold, he came one from the arch-synagogues, with the name Jairus, and seeing Him, fell at His foot: and prayed to Him a lot, saying, as if my daughter is at death: yes, when you come, put your hand on her, that she will be saved, and she will live. And go with Him: and after Him go many people, and I will oppress Him. And a certain woman, who has been turning her blood for about twenty years, and suffered many things from many doctors, and having published all her own, and having found not a single benefit, but having come to a worse place: having heard about Jesus, having come among the people behind, I touched His garment: For if I touch His garments, I will be saved. And abie will dry up the source of her blood, and mind the body, as if healed from the wound.


After the miracle over the possessed, the Lord performs another miracle - he resurrects the daughter of the head of the synagogue. For Jews, eyewitnesses of the event, the evangelist also says the name of the leader of the synagogue. He was a half-believing man: by falling at the feet of Christ, he turns out to be a believer: but by asking Him to go, he shows faith not as it should be: he should have said: only say the word. Meanwhile, in the way of the Lord, the bleeding wife is also healed. This wife had great faith, because she hoped to be healed from the Lord's garment alone: ​​for this she received healing. In a figurative sense, understand this also about human nature. She was bleeding because she produced sin, which is the murder of the soul and which sheds the blood of our souls. Our nature could not receive healing from many doctors, that is, neither from the wise men of this world, nor even from the law and the prophets. But she was healed as soon as she touched the clothes of Christ, that is, His flesh. For whoever believes that Christ has become incarnate is the one who touches His clothes.


And Jesus knew in Himself the power that had gone forth from Him, and speaking among the people, they said, Who can touch My garments? And his disciples said unto him, See the people oppressing thee, and say, who shall touch me? And look around to see her who did it. The woman, being afraid and trembling, leading, if she were, come and fall down to Him, and speak the whole truth. He said to her: Dshi, your faith has saved you: go in peace and be whole from your wound.


Power does not come out of Christ in such a way that it changes place: on the contrary, it is communicated to others, and at the same time remains in Christ without diminution, just as the lessons of the doctrine remain with those who teach and are taught to those who study. But behold, how the people harassed Him on all sides, and yet not one touched Him; on the contrary, the woman, who did not harass Him, touched Him. From here we learn the secret that of people busy with many worldly concerns, no one touches Christ: they only oppress Him: on the contrary, whoever does not oppress Jesus and does not burden his mind with vain cares touches Him. But why does the Lord reveal the wife? Firstly, in order to glorify the faith of the wife, and secondly, in order to arouse faith in the ruler of the synagogue, that his daughter will also be saved, and at the same time in order to free the wife from strong fear, who was afraid, as if stealing a cure. So the evangelist says: afraid and trembling came. Therefore, the Lord did not say: I saved you, but: your faith will save you: go in peace, that is, at rest. The thought of these words is this: be calm you, who hitherto were in sorrow and turmoil.


The people of the head of the synagogue revered Christ as one of the ordinary teachers, which is why they asked to come and pray for the girl, and in the end, when she died, they thought that He was no longer needed after her death. But the Lord encourages the father and says: only believe. Meanwhile, he does not allow anyone to follow Him, except for three disciples, because the humble Jesus does not want to do anything for show. In His words: the girl is dead but sleeping, - laugh; this was allowed so that later they would not have an excuse to say that she was in a swoon, and that it is not surprising if He raised her; on the contrary, to convict themselves with their own testimony of the resurrection by Him of a really dead one, when they even laughed at His words that she was not dead, but asleep. The Lord takes her by the hand in order to give her strength: but he orders to give her food in order to assure her of the resurrection, as in a real, and not in an imaginary incident.


. because many times he was bound with fetters and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the fetters, and no one was able to tame him;

. always, night and day, in mountains and graves, he shouted and beat against stones;

In the lists of more serviceable ones, it reads: “to the country of the Gergesins”. Matthew says that there were two demoniacs (), and Mark and Luke () speak of one. These last have chosen the fiercest of them and tell about him. The demoniac goes and confesses Christ as the Son of God. Since those on the ship were perplexed about who He was, the most reliable testimony of Him from enemies will follow, I mean demons. The demoniac lived in the tombs, because the demon wanted to inspire through this a false idea that the souls of the dead become demons, which should not be believed in any way.

. but when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him,

. and crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I conjure you by God, do not torment me!

For Jesus He said to him, Get out, you unclean spirit, from this man.

. And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said: My name is legion, because we are many.

. And they asked Him a lot not to send them out of that country.

The demons consider the exit from a person to be torment, which is why they said: "Do not torment", that is, do not drive us out of our dwelling, that is, from a person. On the other hand, they thought that the Lord would no longer tolerate them for their excessive insolence, but would immediately betray them to torment, and therefore they pray not to torment them. The Lord asks the demoniac, not in order to know Himself, but so that others know about the multitude of demons that have taken possession of him. Since one man stood before his eyes, Christ shows how many enemies this pitiful man fought.

. A large herd of pigs grazed there by the mountain.

. And all the demons asked Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

. Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.

. The herders of the pigs ran and told the story in the city and villages.

The demons prayed to the Lord not to send them out of the country, but to let them into the herd of pigs. He agrees to this. Since our life is a struggle, the Lord did not want to remove the demons from it, so that by their struggle with us they would make us the most skillful. He allows them to enter into the pigs, so that we know that just as they did not spare the pigs, so they would not have spared the man if the power of God had not preserved him. For the demons, being hostile to us, would immediately destroy us if they did not guard us. So, know that demons have no power even over pigs, and even more so over people, if God does not allow it. But also know that people who live like pigs and wallow in the mire of sensual pleasures are inhabited by demons who overthrow them from the rapids of death into the sea of ​​this life, and they drown.

And residents went out to see what happened.

. They come to Jesus and see that the demon-possessed one, in whom the legion was, is sitting and clothed, and in his right mind; and were afraid.

. Those who saw it told them about what had happened to the demon-possessed man and about the pigs.

. And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.

. And when He entered the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him.

. But Jesus did not allow him, but said: Go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and how pardoned you.

. And he went and began to preach in Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.

The inhabitants of that city, amazed by the miracle, came out to Jesus, but when they heard about the details, they were even more frightened. That is why they prayed to Jesus to come out of their borders. They were afraid not to endure anything more. Having lost the pigs and regretting this loss, they also refuse the presence of the Lord. On the contrary, the possessed one asked Him for permission to be with Him, because he was afraid that the demons, finding him alone, would not enter him again. But the Lord sends him home, showing that His power and providence will protect him even in his absence. He also sends it away so that it can be of benefit to others who see it. So he began to preach, and everyone was amazed. But see how the Savior is a stranger to exaltation! He did not say, "Tell me," what I have done for you, but: "what has the Lord done to you". Likewise, when you do something good, ascribe it not to yourself, but to God.

. When Jesus again crossed over in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him. He was by the sea.

. And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, comes, and, seeing Him, falls at His feet.

. and earnestly asks Him, saying: My daughter is about to die; come and lay hands on her that she may be well and live.

. Jesus went with him. A multitude of people followed Him and pressed Him.

. One woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years,

. suffered a lot from many doctors, exhausted everything that she had, and did not receive any benefit, but came to an even worse condition, -

. when she heard about Jesus, she came up behind the crowd and touched His garment, for she said:

. even if I touch His clothes, I will be healed.

. And immediately her source of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

After the miracle over the possessed, the Lord performs another miracle - he resurrects the daughter of the head of the synagogue. For Jews, eyewitnesses of the event, the evangelist also says the name of the leader of the synagogue. He was a half-believing man: by falling at the feet of Christ, he turns out to be a believer, but by asking Him to go, he shows faith that is not what it should be; he should have said, "Say only the word." Meanwhile, in the way of the Lord, the bleeding wife is also healed. This woman had great faith, because she hoped to be healed by the Lord's garment alone; for which she was healed. In a figurative sense, understand this also about human nature. She was bleeding, because she produced, which is the murder of the soul and which sheds the blood of our souls. Our nature could not receive healing from many doctors, that is, neither from the wise men of this age, nor even from the Law and the prophets. But she was healed as soon as she touched the clothes of Christ, that is, His flesh. For whoever believes that Christ has become incarnate is the one who touches His clothes.

. At the same time, Jesus, feeling in Himself that strength had gone out of Him, turned to the people and said: Who touched My garment?

. The disciples said to him: You see that the people are oppressing you, and you say: who touched me?

. But He looked around to see the one who did it.

. The woman in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came up, fell down before Him, and told Him the whole truth.

. He said to her: daughter! your faith has saved you; go in peace and be healed from your sickness.

Power does not come out of Christ in such a way that it changes place, on the contrary, it is communicated to others, and at the same time remains in Christ without diminution, just as the lessons of the doctrine remain with those who teach and are taught to students. But behold, how the people hindered Him on all sides, and yet not one touched Him; on the contrary, the wife, who did not constrain Him, touched Him. From here we learn the mystery that of people busy with many worldly concerns, no one touches Christ: they only oppress Him; on the contrary, he who does not oppress Jesus and does not burden his mind with vain cares touches Him. But why does the Lord reveal the wife? Firstly, in order to glorify the faith of the wife, and secondly, in order to arouse faith in the head of the synagogue that his daughter will also be saved, and together with this, in order to free the wife from strong fear, who was afraid, as if stealing a cure. So the evangelist says: “I approached in fear and trembling”. Therefore, the Lord did not say: I saved you, but: “your faith has saved you; go in peace", that is, at rest. The thought of these words is this: be calm you, who hitherto were in sorrow and turmoil. . And, taking the girl by the hand, he says to her: “talifa kumi”, which means: girl, I tell you, get up.

. And the girl immediately got up and began to walk, for she was about twelve years old. those who saw came to great astonishment.

. And He strictly ordered them that no one should know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

The people of the head of the synagogue revered Christ as one of the ordinary teachers, which is why they asked to come and pray for the girl, and in the end, when she died, they thought that He was no longer needed after her death. But the Lord encourages the father and says: "only believe." Meanwhile, he does not allow anyone to follow Him, except for three disciples, because the humble Jesus does not want to do anything for show. In His words: "the girl is not dead, but sleeping" laugh; this was allowed so that later they would not have an excuse to say that she was in a swoon, and that it is not surprising if He raised her; on the contrary, to convict themselves with their own testimony of the resurrection by Him of a really dead one, when they even laughed at His words that she was not dead, but asleep. The Lord takes her by the hand to give her strength; but he orders to give her food in order to confirm the resurrection as in a real, and not in an imaginary incident.

John baptizes Jesus and the people with the baptism of repentance. Fasting, temptation of Jesus 40 days. The call of the apostles. He taught and healed the sick with authority: the possessed, the mother-in-law of Peter, the leper. He preached in synagogues. Gospel of Mark. Mk. CHAPTER 2 Jesus forgave the sins of a paraplegic who was let down from a roof and carried a stretcher. Visiting the taxman Levy. Doctor for the sick. New wine - a new container, and clothes - a patch. The disciples will fast without Jesus. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 3 Healing the dry-armed on Saturday. Jesus appointed 12 apostles to preach and heal. Satan doesn't cast himself out, don't blaspheme the Holy Spirit. Whoever does God's will is the brother, sister and mother of Jesus. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 4 The parable of the sower: birds pecked at his seeds, withered, but part of it gave a harvest. So, and with words to people. The Kingdom of God is growing within. The candle illuminates, there are no secrets. As you measure, so shall you. Wind ban. Gospel of Mark. Mk. CHAPTER 5 Jesus cast out a legion of spirits from a possessed man. The demons entered the pigs and drowned them. The residents asked Jesus to leave because of the damage. Resurrection of the daughter of the leader of the synagogue. A woman's faith heals her bleeding. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 6 Jesus does not perform miracles because of the unbelief of his neighbors. Herod beheaded John the Baptist for his daughter. The apostles preach and heal, gather 5000 people from Jesus. They are fed with bread and fish. Jesus walks on water. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 7 Dirty hands at the table are cleaner than dirty words from the mouth. Take care of your parents. Jesus refused to treat the daughter of a woman of a different nationality, said about dogs, then changed his mind. Modestly healed a deaf-mute. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 8 Jesus fed 4,000 people with fish and bread. Healed the blind. Not the leaven of the Pharisees who demanded a sign. Peter said that Jesus is not the prophet Elijah, not John, but Christ. About the resurrection, do not be ashamed. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 9 Transfiguration of Jesus, killed and resurrected. Healing a mute from a fit, help unbelief. Cast out by prayer and fasting. Who is bigger? Let the first one be a small servant. Give water to drink, do not seduce, cut off your hand. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 10 One flesh, no divorce. Blessed the children. Only God is good. It's hard for the rich, give everything away. The last will be the first to be destined. Drink the cup of suffering in Jerusalem. Serve others. The blind man has seen. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 11 Hosanna to Jesus in Jerusalem. Jesus expelled the sellers, the money changers from the Temple. The barren fig tree withered. Have faith, ask and you will receive, forgive others. The scribes allegedly did not know where the baptism of John came from. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 12 The parable that the evil vinedressers will be killed. Give what is yours: both to Caesar and to God. God is with the living, not the dead. Love God and neighbor! Christ is the son of David? Window dressing will be condemned. How the poor widow contributed the most. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 13 The temple in Jerusalem will be destroyed, there will be war, famine, disease, earthquakes. Gospel preaching. The Spirit will teach you what to say. Those who endure will be saved; flee to the mountains. The Son and Angels will come, like spring, stay awake. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 14 Anointing Jesus with perfume. The Last Supper for Easter: bread is the Body, and wine is the Blood. Judas will betray with a kiss for money, and Peter will deny. Prayer to carry the cup past. Arrest and sentence at the High Priest. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 15 At the trial, Pilate does not blame Jesus, but the people ask to be crucified. Flagellation, ridicule, crucifixion on Golgotha ​​with robbers, an eclipse. Wine: King of the Jews. Save Yourself - We Believe! Death and burial in a cave. Gospel of Mark. Mk. Chapter 16 On the resurrection the women went to anoint the body of Jesus with spices, but they saw that the tomb-cave was open and empty. The young angel told them that Jesus had risen. Jesus appeared to his disciples and told them to preach salvation.

1 And they came to the other side of the sea, to the land of Gadara.
2 And when he got out of the boat, immediately a man came out of the tombs to meet him, obsessed unclean spirit,
3 he had a dwelling in tombs, and no one could bind him even with chains,
4 because he was many times bound with fetters and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the shackles, and no one was able to tame him;
5 always, night and day, in the mountains and tombs, he shouted and beat against the stones;
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him,
7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I conjure you by God, do not torment me!
8 For Jesus He said to him, Get out, you unclean spirit, from this man.
9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered and said: My name is legion, because we are many.
10 And they besought him much, that he would not send them out of that country.
11 And there was a large herd of swine feeding there by the mountain.
12 And all the demons asked Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.
14 But the swine herders ran and told the story in the city and in the villages. And residents went out to see what happened.
15 They come to Jesus and see that the demon-possessed one, in whom the legion was, is seated and clothed, and in his right mind; and were afraid.
16 Those who saw it told them about the demon-possessed man and about the swine.
17 And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.
18 And when he got into the boat, the demoniac begged him to be with him.
19 But Jesus did not permit him, but said, Go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and how pardoned you.
20 And he went and began to preach in Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.
21 When Jesus again crossed over in the boat to the other side, a multitude of people gathered to Him. He was by the sea.
22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, came, and when he saw him, he fell at his feet
23 and earnestly asks Him, saying, My daughter is about to die; come and lay hands on her that she may be well and live.
24 Jesus went with him. A multitude of people followed Him and pressed Him.
25 One woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years,
26 suffered a lot from many doctors, exhausted everything that she had, and did not receive any benefit, but came into an even worse condition, -
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind the crowd and touched His garment,
28 for she said, If I touch his clothes, I will be healed.
29 And immediately her fountain of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
30 At the same time Jesus, feeling in himself that power had gone out of him, turned among the people and said, Who touched my garment?
31 The disciples said to him: You see that the people are oppressing you, and you say: who touched me?
32 But He looked around to see the one who had done it.
33 A woman in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
34 And he said to her, Daughter! your faith has saved you; go in peace and be healed from your sickness.
35 While he was still speaking these things, they come from the ruler of the synagogue and say, Your daughter is dead; What else do you trouble the Teacher?
36 But when Jesus heard these words, he immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be afraid, only believe.
37 And he did not allow anyone to follow him, except Peter, James and John, the brother of James.
38 He comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and sees confusion and weeping and crying loudly.
39 And he went in and said to them, Why are you troubled and weeping? the girl is not dead, but asleep.
40 And they laughed at him. But having sent them all away, He takes with Him the father and mother of the maiden and those who were with Him, and enters where the maiden was lying.

The case of the expulsion of demons into a herd of pigs.
Let's take a look at some texts.

5:1-3 1And they came to the other side of the sea, to the land of Gadara.
2 And when He got out of the boat, immediately a man who came out of the tombs met Him, [possessed] with an unclean spirit,
3 he had a dwelling in tombs, and no one could bind him even with chains,
Even unclean spirits are not homeless, but find a suitable dwelling for themselves, at least a cemetery. It turns out that sometimes, by the appearance and “grade” of a dwelling, one can figure out something about its inhabitants.

5:4-8 because many times he was bound with fetters and chains, but he broke the chains and broke the fetters, and no one was able to tame him;
5 always, night and day, in the mountains and tombs, he shouted and beat against the stones;
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him,
7 And crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I conjure you by God, do not torment me!
8 For [Jesus] said to him, Get out, you unclean spirit, from this man.
A person does not know the mechanism of the influence of spirits on a person, as well as - the word of God - on unclean spirits, and a person does not need it.
Passengers traveling in a bus know little about the detailed design of the engine, they need the result of the engine, as a result, it moves the bus.
So it is here: no one knows exactly HOW Christ was able to cast out unclean spirits, but the result is known: under the influence of the word of God, unclean spirits can leave the person they are disturbing.
Today, we all simply use the word of God, which ITSELF does some work in people, and under its influence people in any case do not remain indifferent, especially if the spirit has settled in them, either literally or in their minds and hearts. the spirit of this world prevails.

The work of the sowers of God's word is small: it doesn't matter what harmful "spirits" are given the opportunity to leave a particular person, telling him the truth of God both in word and in Christian deed. The main thing is to sow the word, it is in a person the right job to cleanse the entrails, if it pleases God to raise up for Himself the one in whom God's word is sown.

5:9,10 And he asked him: what is your name? And he answered and said: My name is legion, because we are many. (The Roman legion consisted of 6000 people.)

10 And they besought him much, that he would not send them out of that country.
As you can see, many impurities can “settle” in one person. But they all act in the same spirit: they are detrimental to humans.
Unclean spirits also have their own attachments: it is not all the same to them who exactly they inhabit and where to hunt, therefore, they hunt where they have their own interest.
For example, why did the devil court Judas Iscariot? Because he stole, supported the diabolical interest, and by this - he gave a “place” in himself to the unclean. Therefore, Christians should not live in such a way that they give “place” for him to be in themselves (Eph. 4:27).

5:11,12 A large herd of pigs grazed there by the mountain.
12 And all the demons asked Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Demons, as we see, recognize the power of Jesus Christ over them, and therefore ask for help. And Jesus does not deny these unclean in what He can help them at the moment. But he does not engage in arbitrariness either: the demons know that at the moment Jesus does not have the right to destroy them completely, even God's timetable has not expired for their stay on earth among people (Mat. 8:29)

5:11 Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the pigs; and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and there were about two thousand of them; and drowned in the sea.
It is not known what was the point for the demons to get into the pigs, if the pigs died anyway. Why did you have to make so many extra moves? After all, it would be possible to immediately get out of the madman into the air. Didn't they drown in the sea with the pigs? They didn't drown.
Maybe, of course, there is a point in this - in the change of bodies, maybe they themselves cannot move on their own, but this is clear:
1) the fact that even pigs can go astray (get under the bad influence of demons)
2) the fact that the demons are pushing their bodily “home” for suicide.

5:14-17 Those who herded the pigs ran and told the story in the city and in the villages. And [the inhabitants] came out to see what had happened.
15 They come to Jesus and see that the demon-possessed one, in whom the legion was, is seated and clothed, and in his right mind; and were afraid.
16 Those who saw it told them about the demon-possessed man and about the swine.

17 And they began to ask Him to depart from their borders.
At first glance, one could rejoice at the healing of someone whom no one was able to tame. To imagine such a neighbor living in coffins and screaming at night - and then it becomes terrifying. And one could ask Jesus to stay: many could be healed, and someone might know the truth. But no, they didn’t appreciate the obvious spiritual “plus”, counting the material “minus”: 2000 dead pigs is really a big loss, there is something to be offended by.

Now people can also have great grievances against God because of the many material disadvantages of this ungodly age. Because of them, many people who are offended by God seem to “beg Him to depart from their limits” and miss the opportunity to find a heavenly Father for themselves.

How, however, did Jesus respond to the request to leave?
He did not forcibly instill in them knowledge from God, he simply departed at their request. If today we, the sowers of the word of God, do not want to listen and are asked to leave, then we should not insist on the example of Jesus. Everyone has the right to make their own choice.
And if we do our best to force them to listen, we are simply considered impudent and intrusive, and such a reputation as a Christian does not adorn either ourselves or Christianity in general.

5:18-20 And when He got into the boat, the demoniac asked Him to be with Him.
19 But Jesus did not allow him, but said, Go home to your people and tell them what the Lord has done to you and [how] he has had mercy on you.
20 And he went and began to preach in Decapolis what Jesus had done to him; and everyone marveled.
Until that moment, Jesus forbade talking about himself, but here the situation has changed: we agree that it would be very difficult to convince the inhabitants of that village of the mercy of God, made by the hands of Christ - despite the fact that Jesus had just inflicted colossal material damage on them, destroying the entire flock pigs of this village.
And Jesus could not leave them completely without good news, and therefore he asked the recovered one to preach about the mercy of God, from his lips - this message was at least accepted, for he was actually healed and it was possible to speak to him about the mercy of God.
Christ did not seek glory for himself, he did not necessarily strive to convey the good news by himself, even if it sounds from someone, if they do not want to hear it from us.

5:21-24 When Jesus again crossed over in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered to Him. He was by the sea.
22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, came, and when he saw him, he fell at his feet
23 and earnestly asks Him, saying, My daughter is about to die; come and lay hands on her that she may be well and live.
24 [Jesus] went with him. A multitude of people followed Him and pressed Him.
Jesus did not refuse the request of the one who asked and did not decide that it was a waste of time and effort to spend extra personal efforts to move to the dwelling of Jairus.
Love, when ready to help people, does not count personal losses.

5:25-29 See also the discussion of Mt. 9:20-22. The case of the healing of a woman suffering from bleeding.
One woman who suffered from bleeding for twelve years,
26 suffered a lot from many doctors, exhausted everything that she had, and did not receive any benefit, but came into an even worse condition, -
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind the crowd and touched His garment,
28 for she said, If I touch his clothes, I will be healed.
29 And immediately her fountain of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
The situation is similar to our days: you can spend all your fortune on trying to be cured by doctors, but never recover. The woman was lucky: she was healed by Christ. Today we cannot count on such a miracle. One consolation: everything that doctors cannot cure, Jesus will cure in his 1000-year reign.

5:30 about the output of power - see the analysis of Luke 8:46
At the same time, Jesus, feeling in Himself that strength had gone out of Him, turned to the people and said: Who touched My garment?
As we can see, Jesus possessed some kind of “portion” of supernatural power: the holy spirit sent to him from the Father was the very power with which Jesus performed miracles.

5:31,32 The disciples said to him: You see that the people are oppressing you, and you say: who touched me?
32 But He looked around to see the one who had done it.
The disciples of Christ did not understand what Jesus meant by asking about touching him. However, they knowingly hastened to conclude that Jesus was obviously talking nonsense: so many people crowded him, and he asked WHO touched?
Well, didn't they look funny at the same time? Should Jesus talk nonsense?
So we, sometimes, without understanding someone's problem, hiding behind its visible manifestation - for some reason we rush to be funny, shamelessly interfering in it and analyzing what we don’t understand anything at all.

5:33,34 The woman in fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came up, fell down before Him, and told Him the whole truth.
34 And he said to her, Daughter! your faith has saved you; go in peace and be healed from your sickness.
Did faith heal? Or did God heal the believer through Christ? What does the words “YOUR faith has healed” mean?

Jesus very much wants people to be healthy from their serious illnesses, so it is easy for him to give with joy for healing everything that depends on him.
But the sick must also make their own efforts in order to be healed: the woman had to believe in the possibility of healing from Christ, then weigh everything and decide to approach Christ despite the prohibitions of the letter of the law of Moses and negative public opinion.

It was the belief in the need to draw near to Christ that made the woman make personal efforts for the opportunity to be healed, which is why her faith healed her. Although, of course, it is clear that God healed her through Christ.
If a woman just believed and did nothing for her healing - would her faith heal her? Would Christ know of her needs? No.

The same is true with our spiritual ailments: does our doubt, apathy, indifference, disappointment, and so on, heal only our faith that Jesus Christ is ready to take on our infirmities? No.
After having faith in this, it still remains to make personal efforts to combat our infirmities of the spirit: pray for healing day and night and at the same time study the Scriptures with faith, find in it answers to your questions that can dispel doubts; put an end to the blues and indifference and strengthen again in the determination to go to God and do everything possible for us on our part, regardless of what happens in the world, in the family, in the congregation, in ourselves.
There is a good proverb on this subject: "Grief, but do the deed."

5:35 While He was still saying this, they come from the ruler of the synagogue and say, Your daughter is dead; What else do you trouble the Teacher?
We often hasten to make decisions for someone in the accusation, interfering in things that are not our own. Although, it would seem, well, what do you care about this? They don't bother you! Such is the nature of a person: for some reason, our neighbors always care about how we solve our problems.

5:36 But Jesus, hearing these words, immediately says to the ruler of the synagogue: Do not be afraid, only believe.
AT this case Jesus encouraged the leader not to lose faith and hope for God's help.

5:37 And he did not allow anyone to follow him, except Peter, James and John, the brother of James.
Jesus' relationship with the disciples resembled a kind of hierarchical structure.
He had many disciples (4:10), of whom He appointed only twelve as apostles (3:13-19). But even among the twelve themselves, only Peter, James, John were closest to Jesus, which is clearly manifested during the transfiguration (9:2-13) and in Gethsemane (14:32.33) (Geneva)

5:38-41 He comes to the house of the head of the synagogue and sees confusion and crying and crying loudly.
39 And he went in and said to them, Why are you troubled and weeping? the girl is not dead, but asleep.
40 And they laughed at him. But having sent them all away, He takes with Him the father and mother of the maiden and those who were with Him, and enters where the maiden was lying.
41 And taking the maiden by the hand, he says to her: "talifa kumi," which means: maiden, I tell you, get up.
42 And the maiden immediately got up and began to walk, for she was about twelve years old. [Those who saw] were greatly astonished.
43 And He ordered them severely that no one should know about it, and told them to give her something to eat.

See also the discussion of Mt. 9:23-26. The case of the resurrection of the daughter of Jairus.