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They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Ger'asenes.
2
And when he had come out of the boat, there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3
who lived among the tombs; and no one could bind him any more, even with a chain;
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for he had often been bound with fetters and chains, but the chains he wrenched apart, and the fetters he broke in pieces; and no one had the strength to subdue him.
5
Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out, and bruising himself with stones.
6
And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him;
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.