Luke:8:26-39

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* And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes , which is opposite to Galilee . * Being come ashore , a man of the city met him , who had been long possessed by demons ; and who wore no clothes , and had no habitation but the sepulchers . * When he saw Jesus , he roared out , and threw himself at his feet , crying , What have you to do with me , Jesus , Son of the Most High God ? I beseech you , do not torment me . * (For he had ordered the unclean spirit to come out of the man ; for it had frequently seized him , so that when he was chained and fettered , he broke his bonds , and was driven by the fiend into the desert .) * «Then Jesus asked him , saying , He answered , Legion ; because many demons had entered into him .» * And they entreated him , that he would not command them to go into the deep ; * but , as there was a numerous herd of swine feeding on the mountain , that he would permit them to enter into the swine . And he permitted them . * Then the demons having quitted the man , entered into the swine ; and the herd rushed down a precipice into the lake , and were drowned . * The herdsmen , seeing this , fled , and spread the news through the city and villages . * And the inhabitants flocked out to see what had happened . Being come to Jesus , and finding the man of whom the demons were dispossessed , sitting at the feet of Jesus , clothed , and in his right mind , they were afraid . * But having been informed by the spectators , in what manner the demoniac delivered , * all the people of the country of the Gadarenes , entreated him to leave them ; for they were struck with terror . Accordingly , he re-entered the bark , and returned . * Now , the man out of whom the demons were gone , entreated his permission to attend him . But Jesus dismissed him , saying , * Then he departed , and published through all the city , what great things Jesus had done for him .

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