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- They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.
- When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
- This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any more, not even with a chain.
- For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
- Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
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- And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
- And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
- Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
- Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
- And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
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- When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
- He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!"
- For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
- Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."
- And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
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- But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
- And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
- For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
- And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
- And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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- A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
- The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them."
- He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
- Those tending the pigs 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 saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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- Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
- And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
- And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
- And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
- And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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- Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man--and told about the pigs as well.
- Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
- As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.
- Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."
- So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolishow much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
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- And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
- And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
- And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
- Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
- And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
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- When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.
- Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet
- and pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live."
- So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.
- And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
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- And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
- And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
- And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
- And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
- And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
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- She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
- When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,
- because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."
- Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
- At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
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- And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
- When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
- For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
- And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
- And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
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- "You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?' "
- But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.
- Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
- He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."
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- And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
- And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
- But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
- And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
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