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1 So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.
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Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.
2 When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from a cemetery to meet him.
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As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out of the tombs.
3 This man lived among the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.
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This man lived among the tombs, and no one was ever strong enough to restrain him, even with a chain.
4 Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
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He had been secured many times with leg irons and chains, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. No one was tough enough to control him.
5 Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.
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Night and day in the tombs and the hills, he would howl and cut himself with stones.
6 When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him.
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When he saw Jesus from far away, he ran and knelt before him,
7 With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture me!”
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shouting, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!"
8 For Jesus had already said to the spirit, “Come out of the man, you evil spirit.”
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He said this because Jesus had already commanded him, "Unclean spirit, come out of the man!"
9 Then Jesus demanded, “What is your name?” And he replied, “My name is Legion, because there are many of us inside this man.”
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Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He responded, "Legion is my name, because we are many."
10 Then the evil spirits begged him again and again not to send them to some distant place.
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They pleaded with Jesus not to send them out of that region.
11 There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby.
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A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside.
12 “Send us into those pigs,” the spirits begged. “Let us enter them.”
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"Send us into the pigs!" they begged. "Let us go into the pigs!"
13 So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.
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Jesus gave them permission, so the unclean spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
14 The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened.
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Those who tended the pigs ran away and told the story in the city and in the countryside. People came to see what had happened.
15 A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.
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They came to Jesus and saw the man who used to be demon-possessed. They saw the very man who had been filled with many demons sitting there fully dressed and completely sane, and they were filled with awe.
16 Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the pigs.
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Those who had actually seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man told the others about the pigs.
17 And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.
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Then they pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him.
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While he was climbing into the boat, the one who had been demon-possessed pleaded with Jesus to let him come along as one of his disciples.
19 But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.”
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But Jesus wouldn't allow it. "Go home to your own people," Jesus said, "and tell them what the Lord has done for you and how he has shown you mercy."
20 So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.
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The man went away and began to proclaim in the Ten Cities all that Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed.
21 Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore.
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Jesus crossed the lake again, and on the other side a large crowd gathered around him on the shore.
22 Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet,
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Jairus, one of the synagogue leaders, came forward. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet
23 pleading fervently with him. “My little daughter is dying,” he said. “Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live.”
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and pleaded with him, "My daughter is about to die. Please, come and place your hands on her so that she can be healed and live."
24 Jesus went with him, and all the people followed, crowding around him.
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So Jesus went with him. A swarm of people were following Jesus, crowding in on him.
25 A woman in the crowd had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding.
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A woman was there who had been bleeding for twelve years.
26 She had suffered a great deal from many doctors, and over the years she had spent everything she had to pay them, but she had gotten no better. In fact, she had gotten worse.
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She had suffered a lot under the care of many doctors, and had spent everything she had without getting any better. In fact, she had gotten worse.
27 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.
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Because she had heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothes.
28 For she thought to herself, “If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed.”
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She was thinking, If I can just touch his clothes, I'll be healed.
29 Immediately the bleeding stopped, and she could feel in her body that she had been healed of her terrible condition.
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Her bleeding stopped immediately, and she sensed in her body that her illness had been healed.
30 Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my robe?”
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At that very moment, Jesus recognized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"
31 His disciples said to him, “Look at this crowd pressing around you. How can you ask, ‘Who touched me?’”
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His disciples said to him, "Don't you see the crowd pressing against you? Yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?'"
32 But he kept on looking around to see who had done it.
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But Jesus looked around carefully to see who had done it.
33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done.
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The woman, full of fear and trembling, came forward. Knowing what had happened to her, she fell down in front of Jesus and told him the whole truth.
34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”
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He responded, "Daughter, your faith has healed you; go in peace, healed from your disease."
35 While he was still speaking to her, messengers arrived from the home of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue. They told him, “Your daughter is dead. There’s no use troubling the Teacher now.”
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While Jesus was still speaking with her, messengers came from the synagogue leader's house, saying to Jairus, "Your daughter has died. Why bother the teacher any longer?"
36 But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just have faith.”
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But Jesus overheard their report and said to the synagogue leader, "Don't be afraid; just keep trusting."
37 Then Jesus stopped the crowd and wouldn’t let anyone go with him except Peter, James, and John (the brother of James).
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He didn't allow anyone to follow him except Peter, James, and John, James' brother.
38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw much commotion and weeping and wailing.
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They came to the synagogue leader's house, and he saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly.
39 He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.”
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He went in and said to them, "What's all this commotion and crying about? The child isn't dead. She's only sleeping."
40 The crowd laughed at him. But he made them all leave, and he took the girl’s father and mother and his three disciples into the room where the girl was lying.
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They laughed at him, but he threw them all out. Then, taking the child's parents and his disciples with him, he went to the room where the child was.
41 Holding her hand, he said to her, which means “Little girl, get up!”
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Taking her hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Young woman, get up."
42 And the girl, who was twelve years old, immediately stood up and walked around! They were overwhelmed and totally amazed.
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Suddenly the young woman got up and began to walk around. She was 12 years old. They were shocked!
43 Jesus gave them strict orders not to tell anyone what had happened, and then he told them to give her something to eat.
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He gave them strict orders that no one should know what had happened. Then he told them to give her something to eat.
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