29 Car Jésus commandait à l'esprit immonde de sortir de cet homme, dont il s'était saisi depuis longtemps; on le liait de chaînes et on le gardait avec des entraves, mais il rompait ses liens, et il était emporté par le démon dans les déserts.
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For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.
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