Mark 5:1-20

Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

1 aThey came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gadarenes
2And when Jesus
Greek he; also verse 9
had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.
3 dHe lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, 4for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. 5Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 6And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and efell down before him. 7And fcrying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, gSon of hthe Most High God? iI adjure you by God, do not torment me.” 8For he was saying to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9And Jesus asked him, What is your name?” He replied, “My name is jLegion, for we are many.” 10And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the country. 11Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, 12and they begged him, saying, “Send us to the pigs; let us enter them.” 13So he gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the sea.

14The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened. 15And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed
Greek daimonizomai; also verses 16, 18; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons
man, the one who had had lthe legion, sitting there, mclothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
16And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs. 17And nthey began to beg Jesus
Greek him
to depart from their region.
18As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him. 19And he did not permit him but said to him, Go home to your friends and ptell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20And he went away and began to proclaim in qthe Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.

Luke 8:26-39

Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

26 rThen they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes,
Some manuscripts Gadarenes; others Gergesenes; also verse 37
which is opposite Galilee.
27When Jesus
Greek he; also verses 38, 42
had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house ubut among the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus, he vcried out and fell down before him and said wwith a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, xSon of ythe Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon zinto the desert.) 30Jesus then asked him, What is your name?” And he said, aaLegion,” for many demons had entered him. 31And they begged him not to command them to depart into abthe abyss. 32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into acthe lake and drowned.

34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting adat the feet of Jesus, aeclothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed
Greek daimonizomai; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons
man had been healed.
37Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes agasked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39Return to your home, and ahdeclare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

Acts 10:38

38how aiGod anointed Jesus of Nazareth ajwith the Holy Spirit and with akpower. He went about doing good and healing all alwho were oppressed by the devil, amfor God was with him.
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