Mark:5:1-20

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* And they came over to the other side of the sea , to the country of the Gadarenes . * And when He had come out of the boat , immediately a man with unclean spirits met Him out of the tombs , * who had [his ] dwelling among the tombs . And no one could bind him , no , not with chains * because he had often been bound with fetters and chains , and the chains had been torn apart by him , and the fetters broken in pieces . Nor could anyone subdue him . * And always , night and day , he was in the mountains and in the tombs , crying and cutting himself with stones . * And when he saw Jesus afar off , he ran and worshiped Him , * and cried with a loud voice , and said , What [is ] to me and to You , Jesus , son of the Most High God ? I adjure You by God not to torment me . * For He said to him , Come out of the man , unclean spirit ! * And He asked him , What [is ] your name ? And he answered , saying , My name [is ] Legion , for we are many . * And he begged Him very much that He would not send them outside the country . * And a great herd of pigs was feeding near the mountains . * And all the demons begged Him , saying , Send us into the pigs , that we may enter into them . * And immediately Jesus allowed them . And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the pigs . And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea (they were about two thousand ), and were choked in the sea . * And the ones who fed the pigs 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 came to Jesus and saw him who had been demon-possessed , and had the legion , sitting and clothed and right-minded , the one who had the legion . And they were afraid . * And those who had seen told them how it happened to the one who had been demon-possessed , and about the pigs . * And they began to beg Him to leave their borders . * And when He had come into the boat , the [former ] demoniac begged Him that he might be with Him . * However Jesus did not allow him , but said to him , Go home to your friends , and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you , and has had mercy on you . * And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him . And all marvelled .

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