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So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
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The herdsmen fled, and told it in the city and in the country. And people came to see what it was that had happened.
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And they came to Jesus, and saw the demoniac sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, the man who had had the legion; and they were afraid.
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And those who had seen it told what had happened to the demoniac and to the swine.
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And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their neighborhood.
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And as he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.
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But he refused, and said to him, "Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."
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And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decap'olis how much Jesus had done for him; and all men marveled.
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And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea.
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Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja'irus by name; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
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and besought him, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live."