Mark:5:2-20

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* And when He got out of the boat , immediately there met Him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit , * who had his dwelling among the tombs . And no one could bind him , not even with chains , * because he often had been bound with shackles and chains , and the chains had been torn apart by him , and the shackles had been broken , and no one was able to subdue him . * And always , night and day , he was in the mountains and in the tombs , crying out and bruising himself with stones . * But seeing Jesus from a distance , he ran and worshipped Him , * and crying out with a great voice he said , "What have I to do with You , Jesus , Son of the Most High God ? I adjure You by God , do not torment me !" * For He was saying to him , "Come out from the man , unclean spirit !" * And He was asking him , "What is your name ?"And he answered , saying , "My name is Legion ; for we are many ." * And he was imploring Him many [times ] that He would not send them out of the region . * Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain . * So all the demons implored Him , saying , "Send us into the pigs , that we may enter them ." * And immediately Jesus gave them permission . And when the unclean spirits came out , they entered into the pigs , and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea , (there were about two thousand ) and drowned in the sea . * But those feeding the pigs fled , and they reported it in the city and in the country . And they came out to see what it was that had happened . * Then they came to Jesus , and observed him who had been demon-possessed and had the legion , sitting and having been clothed and being of sound mind , and they were afraid . * And those who saw it related to them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed , and about the pigs . * Then they began to implore Him to go away from their region . * And when He got into the boat , he who had been demon-possessed implored Him that he might be with Him . * But Jesus did not permit him , but said to him , "Go home to your own family , and report to them all the things that the Lord has done for you , and how He had compassion on you ." * And he departed and began to proclaim in Decapolis all the things Jesus did for him ; and all were marveling .

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