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And they came over the strait of the sea, into the country of the Gerasens.
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And as he went out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the monuments a man with an unclean spirit,
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Who had his dwelling in the tombs, and no man now could bind him, not even with chains.
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For having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had burst the chains, and broken the fetters in pieces, and no one could tame him.
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And he was always day and night in the monuments and in the mountains, crying and cutting himself with stones.
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And seeing Jesus afar off, he ran and adored him.
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And crying with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus the Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not.
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For he said unto him: Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
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And he asked him: What is thy name? And he saith to him: My name is Legion, for we are many.
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And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of the country.
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And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding.