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They sailed on and landed in the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite the Galil.
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As Yeshua stepped ashore, a man from the town who had demons came to meet him. For a long time he had not worn clothes; and he lived, not in a house, but in the burial caves.
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Catching sight of Yeshua, he screamed, fell down in front of him and yelled, "Yeshua! Son of God Ha`Elyon! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't torture me!"
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For Yeshua had ordered the unclean spirit to come out of the man. It had often taken hold of him -- he had been kept under guard, chained hand and foot, but had broken the bonds and been driven by the demon into the desert.
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Yeshua asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he said, because many demons had entered him.
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They begged Yeshua not to order them to go off into the Bottomless Pit.
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Now there was a herd of many pigs, feeding on the hill; and the demons begged him to let them go into these. So he gave them permission.
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The demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, whereupon the herd rushed down the hillside into the lake and were drowned.
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When the swineherds saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the town and in the country;
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and the people came out to see for themselves. They came to Yeshua and found the man out of whom the demons had gone, sitting -- dressed and in his right mind -- at the feet of Yeshua; and they were frightened.
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Those who had seen it told how the formerly demonized man had been delivered.
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Then all the people of the Gerasene district asked him to leave them, for they had been seized with great fear. So he boarded the boat and returned.
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The man from whom the demons had gone out begged that he might go with him; but Yeshua sent him away, saying,
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"Go back to your home and tell how much God has done for you." He went away proclaiming throughout the whole town how much Yeshua had done for him.
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When Yeshua got back, the crowd welcomed him; for they were all expecting him.
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Then there came a man named Ya'ir who was president of the synagogue. Falling at Yeshua's feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house;
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for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old; and she was dying. As he went, with the crowds on every side virtually choking him,
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a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone,
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came up behind him and touched the tzitzit on his robe; instantly her hemorrhaging stopped.
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Yeshua asked, "Who touched me?" When they all denied doing it, Kefa said, "Rabbi! The crowds are hemming you in and jostling you!"
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But Yeshua said, "Someone did touch me, because I felt power go out of me."
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Seeing she could not escape notice, the woman, quaking with fear, threw herself down before him and confessed in front of everyone why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed.
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He said to her, "My daughter, your trust has saved you; go in peace."
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While Yeshua was still speaking, a man came from the synagogue president's house. "Your daughter has died," he said. "Don't bother the rabbi any more."
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But on hearing this, Yeshua answered him, "Don't be afraid! Just go on trusting, and she will be made well."
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When he arrived at the house, he didn't allow anyone to go in with him except Kefa, Yochanan, Ya`akov and the child's father and mother
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All the people were wailing and mourning for her; but he said, "Don't weep; she hasn't died, she's sleeping."
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They jeered at him, since they knew she had died.
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But he took her by the hand, called out, "Little girl, get up!"
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and her spirit returned. She stood up at once, and he directed that something be given her to eat.
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Her parents were astounded, but he instructed them to tell no one what had happened.