67 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown
67 lines
4.6 KiB
Markdown
Demons Driven Out by Jesus
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# Chapter 5
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1. They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.
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2. As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.
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3. He lived in the tombs, and no one was able to restrain him anymore--not even with a chain--
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4. because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had torn the chains apart and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
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5. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains, he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
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6. When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him.
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7. And he cried out with a loud voice, "What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don't torment me!"
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8. For he had told him, *"Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"*
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9. *"What is your name?"* he asked him.
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"My name is Legion," he answered him, "because we are many."
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10. And he begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.
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11. A large herd of pigs was there, feeding on the hillside.
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12. The demons begged him, "Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them."
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13. So he gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there.
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14. The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.
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15. They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
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16. Those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and told about the pigs.
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17. Then they began to beg him to leave their region.
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18. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged him earnestly that he might remain with him.
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19. Jesus did not let him but told him, *"Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you."*
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20. So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.
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A Girl Restored and a Woman Healed
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21. When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea.
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22. One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet
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23. and begged him earnestly, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well and live."
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24. So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him.
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25. Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years
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26. had endured much under many doctors. She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. On the contrary, she became worse.
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27. Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing.
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28. For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I'll be made well."
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29. Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
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30. Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, *"Who touched my clothes?"*
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31. His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, *'Who touched me?'*"
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32. But he was looking around to see who had done this.
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33. The woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.
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34. *"Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be healed from your affliction."*
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35. While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader's house and said, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?"
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36. When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, *"Don't be afraid. Only believe."*
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37. He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James's brother.
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38. They came to the leader's house, and he saw a commotion--people weeping and wailing loudly.
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39. He went in and said to them, *"Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."*
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40. They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. He took the child's father, mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was.
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41. Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, *"Talitha koum" (which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, get up"*).
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42. Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. (She was twelve years old.) At this they were utterly astounded.
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43. Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this and told them to give her something to eat.
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