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1. Jesus and his followers went across the lake to the area where the Gerasene people lived.
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1. And G2532 they came over G2064 unto G1519 the G3588 other side G4008 of the G3588 sea G2281 , into G1519 the G3588 country G5561 of the G3588 Gadarenes G1046 .
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2. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man came to him from the caves where the dead are buried. This man had an evil spirit living inside him.
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2. And G2532 when he G846 was come G1831 out of G1537 the G3588 ship G4143 , immediately G2112 there met G528 him G846 out of G1537 the G3588 tombs G3419 a man G444 with G1722 an unclean G169 spirit G4151 ,
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3. He lived in the burial caves. No one could keep him tied up, even with chains.
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3. Who G3739 had G2192 his dwelling G2731 among G1722 the G3588 tombs G3419 ; and G2532 no man G3762 could G1410 bind G1210 him G846 , no, not G3777 with chains G254 :
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4. Many times people had put chains on his hands and feet, but he broke the chains. No one was strong enough to control him.
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4. Because that he G846 had been often G4178 bound G1210 with fetters G3976 and G2532 chains G254 , and G2532 the G3588 chains G254 had been plucked asunder G1288 by G5259 him G846 , and G2532 the G3588 fetters G3976 broken in pieces G4937 : neither G2532 could G2480 any G3762 man tame G1150 him G846 .
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5. Day and night he stayed around the burial caves and on the hills. He would scream and cut himself with rocks.
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5. And G2532 always G1275 , night G3571 and G2532 day G2250 , he was G2258 in G1722 the G3588 mountains G3735 , and G2532 in G1722 the G3588 tombs G3418 , crying G2896 , and G2532 cutting G2629 himself G1438 with stones G3037 .
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6. While Jesus was still far away, the man saw him. He ran to Jesus and bowed down before him.
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6. But G1161 when he saw G1492 Jesus G2424 afar off G575 G3113 , he ran G5143 and G2532 worshiped G4352 him G846 ,
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7. As Jesus was saying, "You evil spirit, come out of this man," the man shouted loudly, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in God's name not to punish me!"
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7. And G2532 cried G2896 with a loud G3173 voice G5456 , and said G2036 , What have I to do with thee G5101 G1698 G2532 G4671 , Jesus G2424 , thou Son G5207 of the G3588 most high G5310 God G2316 ? I adjure G3726 thee G4571 by God G2316 , that thou torment G928 me G3165 not G3361 .
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8. For G1063 he said G3004 unto him G846 , Come G1831 out of G1537 the G3588 man G444 , thou unclean G169 spirit G4151 .
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9. Then Jesus asked the man, "What is your name?" The man answered, "My name is Legion, because there are many spirits inside me."
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9. And G2532 he asked G1905 him G846 , What G5101 is thy G4671 name? And G2532 G3686 G2532 he answered G611 , saying G3004 , My G3427 name G3686 is Legion G3003 : for G3754 we are G2070 many G4183 .
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10. The spirits inside the man begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of that area.
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10. And G2532 he besought G3870 him G846 much G4183 that G2443 he would not G3361 send them away G649 G846 out G1854 of the G3588 country G5561 .
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11. A large herd of pigs was eating on a hill near there.
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11. Now G1161 there was G2258 there G1563 nigh unto G4314 the G3588 mountains G3735 a great G3173 herd G34 of swine G5519 feeding G1006 .
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12. The evil spirits begged Jesus, "Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them."
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12. And G2532 all G3956 the G3588 devils G1142 besought G3870 him G846 , saying G3004 , Send G3992 us G2248 into G1519 the G3588 swine G5519 , that G2443 we may enter G1525 into G1519 them G846 .
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13. So Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of pigs ran down the hill and into the lake. They were all drowned. There were about 2000 pigs in that herd.
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13. And G2532 forthwith G2112 Jesus G2424 gave them leave G2010 G846 . And G2532 the G3588 unclean G169 spirits G4151 went out G1831 , and G2532 entered G1525 into G1519 the G3588 swine G5519 : and G2532 the G3588 herd G34 ran violently G3729 down G2596 a steep place G2911 into G1519 the G3588 sea G2281 , ( they G1161 were G2258 about G5613 two thousand G1367 ;) and G2532 were choked G4155 in G1722 the G3588 sea G2281 .
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14. The men who had the work of caring for the pigs ran away. They ran to the town and to the farms and told everyone what happened. The people went out to see.
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14. And G1161 they that fed G1006 the G3588 swine G5519 fled G5343 , and G2532 told G312 it in G1519 the G3588 city G4172 , and G2532 in G1519 the G3588 country G68 . And G2532 they went out G1831 to see G1492 what G5101 it was G2076 that was done G1096 .
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15. They came to Jesus, and they saw the man who had the many evil spirits. He was sitting down and was wearing clothes. He was in his right mind again. When they saw this, they were afraid.
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15. And G2532 they come G2064 to G4314 Jesus G2424 , and G2532 see G2334 him that was possessed with the devil G1139 , and had G2192 the G3588 legion G3003 , sitting G2521 , and G2532 clothed G2439 , and G2532 in his right mind G4993 : and G2532 they were afraid G5399 .
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16. Those who had seen what Jesus did told the others what happened to the man who had the demons living in him. And they also told about the pigs.
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16. And G2532 they that saw G1492 it told G1334 them G846 how G4459 it befell G1096 to him that was possessed with the devil G1139 , and G2532 also concerning G4012 the G3588 swine G5519 .
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17. Then the people began to beg Jesus to leave their area.
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17. And G2532 they began G756 to pray G3870 him G846 to depart G565 out of G575 their G846 coasts G3725 .
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18. Jesus was preparing to leave in the boat. The man who was now free from the demons begged to go with him.
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18. And G2532 when he G846 was come G1684 into G1519 the G3588 ship G4143 , he that had been possessed with the devil G1139 prayed G3870 him G846 that G2443 he might be G5600 with G3326 him G846 .
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19. But Jesus did not allow the man to go. He said, "Go home to your family and friends. Tell them about all that the Lord did for you. Tell them how the Lord was good to you."
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19. Howbeit G1161 Jesus G2424 suffered G863 him G846 not G3756 , but G235 saith G3004 unto him G846 , Go G5217 home to thy friends G1519 G4675 G3624 G4314 G4674 , and G2532 tell G312 them G846 how great things G3745 the G3588 Lord G2962 hath done G4160 for thee G4671 , and G2532 hath had compassion G1653 on thee G4571 .
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20. So the man left and told the people in the Ten Towns about the great things Jesus did for him. Everyone was amazed.
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20. And G2532 he departed G565 , and G2532 began G756 to publish G2784 in G1722 Decapolis G1179 how great things G3745 Jesus G2424 had done G4160 for him G846 : and G2532 all G3956 men did marvel G2296 .
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21. Jesus went back to the other side of the lake in the boat. There, a large crowd of people gathered around him on the shore.
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21. And G2532 when Jesus G2424 was passed over G1276 again G3825 by G1722 ship G4143 unto G1519 the G3588 other side G4008 , much G4183 people G3793 gathered G4863 unto G1909 him G846 : and G2532 he was G2258 nigh unto G3844 the G3588 sea G2281 .
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22. A leader of the synagogue came. His name was Jairus. He saw Jesus and bowed down before him.
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22. And G2532 , behold G2400 , there cometh G2064 one G1520 of the G3588 rulers of the synagogue G752 , Jairus G2383 by name G3686 ; and G2532 when he saw G1492 him G846 , he fell G4098 at G4314 his G846 feet G4228 ,
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23. He begged Jesus again and again, saying, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and lay your hands on her. Then she will be healed and will live."
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23. And G2532 besought G3870 him G846 greatly G4183 , saying G3004 , My G3450 little daughter G2365 lieth at the point of death G2192 G2079 : I pray G2443 thee, come G2064 and lay G2007 thy hands G5495 on her G846 , that G3704 she may be healed G4982 ; and G2532 she shall live G2198 .
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24. So Jesus went with Jairus. Many people followed Jesus. They were pushing very close around him.
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24. And G2532 Jesus went G565 with G3326 him G846 ; and G2532 much G4183 people G3793 followed G190 him G846 , and G2532 thronged G4918 him G846 .
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25. There among the people was a woman who had been bleeding for the past twelve years.
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25. And G2532 a certain G5100 woman G1135 , which had G5607 an G1722 issue G4511 of blood G129 twelve G1427 years G2094 ,
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26. She had suffered very much. Many doctors had tried to help her, and all the money she had was spent, but she was not improving. In fact, her sickness was getting worse.
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26. And G2532 had suffered G3958 many things G4183 of G5259 many G4183 physicians G2395 , and G2532 had spent G1159 all that she had G3956 G3844 G1438 , and G2532 was nothing G3367 bettered G5623 , but G235 rather G3123 grew worse G2064 G1519 G5501 ,
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27. The woman heard about Jesus, so she followed him with the other people and touched his coat.
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27. When she had heard G191 of G4012 Jesus G2424 , came G2064 in G1722 the G3588 press G3793 behind G3693 , and touched G680 his G846 garment G2440 .
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28. She thought, "If I can just touch his clothes, that will be enough to heal me."
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28. For G1063 she said G3004 , If G2579 I may touch G680 but his G846 clothes G2440 , I shall be whole G4982 .
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29. As soon as she touched his coat, her bleeding stopped. She felt that her body was healed from all the suffering.
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29. And G2532 straightway G2112 the G3588 fountain G4077 of her G846 blood G129 was dried up G3583 ; and G2532 she felt G1097 in her body G4983 that G3754 she was healed G2390 of G575 that plague G3148 .
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30. Jesus immediately felt power go out from him, so he stopped and turned around. "Who touched my clothes?" he asked.
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30. And G2532 Jesus G2424 , immediately G2112 knowing G1921 in G1722 himself G1438 that virtue G1411 had gone G1831 out of G1537 him G846 , turned him about G1994 in G1722 the G3588 press G3793 , and G2532 said G3004 , Who G5101 touched G680 my G3450 clothes G2440 ?
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31. The followers said to Jesus, "There are so many people pushing against you. But you ask, 'Who touched me?'"
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31. And G2532 his G846 disciples G3101 said G3004 unto him G846 , Thou seest G991 the G3588 multitude G3793 thronging G4918 thee G4571 , and G2532 sayest G3004 thou, Who G5101 touched G680 me G3450 ?
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32. But Jesus continued looking for the one who touched him.
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32. And G2532 he looked round about G4017 to see G1492 her that had done G4160 this thing G5124 .
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33. The woman knew that she was healed, so she came and bowed at Jesus' feet. She was shaking with fear. She told Jesus the whole story.
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33. But G1161 the G3588 woman G1135 fearing G5399 and G2532 trembling G5141 , knowing G1492 what G3739 was done G1096 in G1909 her G846 , came G2064 and G2532 fell down before G4363 him G846 , and G2532 told G2036 him G846 all G3956 the G3588 truth G225 .
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34. He said to her, "Dear woman, you are made well because you believed. Go in peace. You will not suffer anymore."
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34. And G1161 he G3588 said G2036 unto her G846 , Daughter G2364 , thy G4675 faith G4102 hath made thee whole G4982 G4571 ; go G5217 in G1519 peace G1515 , and G2532 be G2468 whole G5199 of G575 thy G4675 plague G3148 .
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35. While Jesus was still there speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. They said, "Your daughter is dead. There is no need to bother the Teacher."
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35. While he G846 yet G2089 spake G2980 , there came G2064 from G575 the G3588 ruler of the synagogue G752 's house certain which said G3004 , Thy G4675 daughter G2364 is dead G599 : why G5101 troublest G4660 thou the G3588 Master G1320 any further G2089 ?
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36. But Jesus did not care what the men said. He said to the synagogue leader, "Don't be afraid; just believe."
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36. G1161 As soon as G2112 Jesus G2424 heard G191 the G3588 word G3056 that was spoken G2980 , he saith G3004 unto the G3588 ruler of the synagogue G752 , Be not afraid G5399 G3361 , only G3440 believe G4100 .
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37. Jesus let only Peter, James, and John the brother of James go with him.
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37. And G2532 he suffered G863 no man G3762 to follow G4870 him G846 , save G1508 Peter G4074 , and G2532 James G2385 , and G2532 John G2491 the G3588 brother G80 of James G2385 .
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38. They went to the synagogue leader's house, where Jesus saw many people crying loudly. There was a lot of confusion.
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38. And G2532 he cometh G2064 to G1519 the G3588 house G3624 of the G3588 ruler of the synagogue G752 , and G2532 seeth G2334 the tumult G2351 , and them that wept G2799 and G2532 wailed G214 greatly G4183 .
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39. He entered the house and said, "Why are you people crying and making so much noise? This child is not dead. She is only sleeping."
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39. And G2532 when he was come in G1525 , he saith G3004 unto them G846 , Why G5101 make ye this ado G2350 , and G2532 weep G2799 ? the G3588 damsel G3813 is not dead G599 G3756 , but G235 sleepeth G2518 .
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40. But everyone laughed at him. Jesus told the people to leave the house. Then he went into the room where the child was. He brought the child's father and mother and his three followers into the room with him.
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40. And G2532 they laughed him to scorn G2606 G846 . But G1161 when he G3588 had put them all out G1544 G537 , he taketh G3880 the G3588 father G3962 and G2532 the G3588 mother G3384 of the G3588 damsel G3813 , and G2532 them G3588 that were with G3326 him G846 , and G2532 entereth in G1531 where G3699 the G3588 damsel G3813 was G2258 lying G345 .
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41. Then Jesus held the girl's hand and said to her, "Talitha, koum!" (This means "Little girl, I tell you to stand up!")
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41. And G2532 he took G2902 the G3588 damsel G3813 by the G3588 hand G5495 , and said G3004 unto her G846 , Talitha G5008 cumi G2891 ; which G3739 is G2076 , being interpreted G3177 , Damsel G2877 , I say G3004 unto thee G4671 , arise G1453 .
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42. The girl immediately stood up and began walking. (She was twelve years old.) The father and mother and the followers were amazed.
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42. And G2532 straightway G2112 the G3588 damsel G2877 arose G450 , and G2532 walked G4043 ; for G1063 she was G2258 of the age of twelve G1427 years G2094 . And they were astonished G1839 with a great G3173 astonishment G1611 .
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43. Jesus gave the father and mother very strict orders not to tell people about this. Then he told them to give the girl some food to eat.
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43. And G2532 he charged G1291 them G846 straitly G4183 that G2443 no man G3367 should know G1097 it G5124 ; and G2532 commanded G2036 that something should be given G1325 her G846 to eat G5315 .
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