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They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadara.
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When he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
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who had his dwelling in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
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because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nobody had the strength to tame him.
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Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
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When he saw Yeshua from afar, he ran and bowed down to him,
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and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Yeshua, you Son of Ha`Elyon God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."
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For he said to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!"
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He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
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He begged him much that he would not send them away out of the country.