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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 impure 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. And they begged Jesus 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 the pigs, 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. 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.
Jesus Restores a
Demon-
Possessed Man
By faith the walls of
Jericho fell, after the
army had marched
around them for seven
days.
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