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Luke 8:24-34 English Revised Version (ERV)

24. And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. And he awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

25. And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, Who then is this, that he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him?

26. And they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is over against Galilee.

27. And when he was come forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had devils; and for a long time he had worn no clothes, and abode not in any house, but in the tombs.

28. And when he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, torment me not.

29. For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For oftentimes it had seized him: and he was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters; and breaking the bands asunder, he was driven of the devil into the deserts.

30. And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he said, Legion; for many devils were entered into him.

31. And they entreated him that he would not command them to depart into the abyss.

32. Now there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they entreated him that he would give them leave to enter into them. And he gave them leave.

33. And the devils came out from the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were choked.

34. And when they that fed them saw what had come to pass, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

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