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5:12-15 It came to pass as he was going into one of the cities there was a man
full of leprosy. On seeing Jesus he
fell on his face and begged him saying.
"Lord if you will, you can make be clean." And stretching
out his hand he (Jesus) touched him saying. "I am willling. Be clean." Immediately the leprosy left the man. (Jesus) charged him that he should tell
nobody. He said "Go show yourself to the priest and offer a cleansing
ritual as required by Moses as a testimony to them (the priests
etc)." (Jesus) moved on. But so too did the word concerning him. Many crowds accompanied him to hear and
be healed from their infirmities.
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8:26-39 And so
they sailed down to the country of the Gerasenes which is opposite Galilee. As he
(Jesus) went onto the land a certain
man who had been from the city and
who was possessed by demons, met him.
(The man) did not live in a
house but amongst the tombs. On
seeing Jesus he cried out and fell prostrate before him. In a great voice he cried “What are you
to me and to yourself Jesus Son of God the Most High? I beg you do not torment me.” This was because Jesus was meanwhile ordering the unclean spirit to come out of
the man. This spirit had seized the
man many times (before). He had been
bound with chains and fetters and had been guarded. But he tore the bonds asunder and was
driven by the demon into the desert. Jesus questioned him (the demon). "What is your name?" He said
"Legion". This was because
many demons had entered into him.
They besought him that he would not order them away into the abyss. Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding
in the mountain. They besought him
that he would allow them to enter into them (instead) and he allowed
it. So on coming out of the man the
demons entered into the pigs. The
herd rushed down the precipice into the lake and were drowned. On seeing what happened, those who were
feeding (the pigs) fled and reported on all this in the city and on the
farms. People went out to see what
had happened. They came to
Jesus. They found the man from whom
the demons had been driven, sitting down.
He was clothed and in his senses by the feet of Jesus. The people were afraid. Those who had seen all this reported to
the people how the demon possessed man had been healed. Then all the crowd of the neighbourhood
of the Gerasenes asked (Jesus) to go away from them because they were
seized with a great fear. So (Jesus),
embarking in a boat began to return (to Galilee). The man from whom the demons had gone
begged him to let him go with him.
But He dismissed him saying.
"Return to your house and tell others what God has done for
you. So (the man) went away
throughout the city and told people what things Jesus had done to him.
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