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- And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
- And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
- When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
- (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
- And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
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- They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.
- When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.
- When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!"
- For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.
- Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
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- And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
- And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
- Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.
- When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
- Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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- And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.
- A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission.
- When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
- When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside,
- and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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- They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
- Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
- Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
- Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
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- Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.
- Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.
- The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
- "Return home and tell how much God has done for you." So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.
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