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They came to the other side of the sea,
to the country of the Gerasines.
2 And when he had come out of the
boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3
who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, even with a
chain; 4 for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the
chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he broke in pieces; and no one
had the strength to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the
mountains he was always crying out, and bruising himself with stones. 5 And
when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped 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 adjure you by God, do not torment me." 8 For
he had said to him, "come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" 9
And Jesus asked him, "what is your name? He replied, "My name is
legion; for we are many." 10 And he begged him eagerly not to send
them out of the country. 11 Now a great herd of swine was feeding there on
the hillside; 12 and they begged him, "Send us to the swine, let us
enter them." 13 So he gave them leave. and the unclean spirits came
out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand,
rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
14 The herdsmen fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And
people came to see what it was that had happed. 15 And they came to Jesus,
and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man
who had had the legion; and they were afraid. 16 And those who had seen it
told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine. 17 And they
began to beg Jesus to depart from their neighbourhood. 19 and as he was
getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged
him that he might be with him. 19 But he refused, and said to him, "Go
home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and
how he has had mercy on you." 20 And he went away and began to
proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus
had done for him; and all men marvelled.
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8:10 and immediately embarking in the ship with the disciples of him he came into the region of Dalmanutha. 11 and came
forth the Pharisees and began to debate with him, seeking from
him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 12 And groaning in the spirit of
him he says: Why the generation this does seek a sign? Truly, I tell you,
it will be given the generation to this a sign.
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