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« Chapter 16 «--- Mark5:1-
Mark 5 : 1 - 17
Chapter 5
1 | Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
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2 | And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
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3 | who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains,
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4 | because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.
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5 | And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
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6 | When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him.
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7 | And he cried out with a loud voice and said, "What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God that You do not torment me."
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8 | For He said to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!"
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9 | Then He asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion; for we are many."
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10 | Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.
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11 | Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains.
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12 | So all the demons begged Him, saying, "Send us to the swine, that we may enter them."
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13 | And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.
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14 | So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.
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15 | Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
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16 | And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine.
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17 | Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region.
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