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Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciplesgot into a boat, and He said to them, "Let us goover to the otherside of the lake." So they launched out.
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They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surgingwaves, and they stopped, and it becamecalm.
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And He said to them, "Where is your faith?" They were fearful and amazed, saying to oneanother, "Whothen is this, that He commandseven the winds and the water, and they obey Him?"
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And when He came out onto the land, He was met by a man from the city who was possessed with demons; and who had not put on any clothing for a longtime, and was not living in a house, but in the tombs.
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SeeingJesus, he cried out and fellbefore Him, and said in a loudvoice, "What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the MostHighGod? I beg You, do not torment me."
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For He had commanded the uncleanspirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him manytimes; and he was bound with chains and shackles and keptunderguard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.
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Now there was a herd of manyswinefeedingthere on the mountain; and the demons implored Him to permit them to enter the swine. And He gave them permission.
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The people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sittingdown at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his rightmind; and they became frightened.
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And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surroundingdistrictasked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with greatfear; and He got into a boat and returned.
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"Return to your house and describewhatgreatthingsGod has done for you." So he wentaway, proclaimingthroughout the wholecitywhatgreatthingsJesus had done for him.