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As Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man came out of the tombs and met him. The man was controlled by an evil spirit
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and lived among the tombs. No one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.
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He had often been chained hand and foot. However, he snapped the chains off his hands and broke the chains from his feet. No one could control him.
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Night and day he was among the tombs and on the mountainsides screaming and cutting himself with stones.
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The man saw Jesus at a distance. So he ran [to Jesus], bowed down in front of him,
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and shouted, "Why are you bothering me now, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won't torture me."
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He shouted this because Jesus said, "You evil spirit, come out of the man."
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Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He told Jesus, "My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us."
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He begged Jesus not to send them out of the territory.
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A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside nearby.
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The demons begged him, "Send us into the pigs! Let us enter them!"