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And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
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And immediately on his going out of the ship there met him out of the tombs a man possessed by an unclean spirit,
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who had his dwelling in the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains;
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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.
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And continually night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying and cutting himself with stones.
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But seeing Jesus from afar off, he ran and did him homage,
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and crying with a loud voice he says, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.
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For he said to him, Come forth, unclean spirit, out of the man.