{"id":9959,"date":"2024-08-29T08:11:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T12:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9959"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T11:27:16","slug":"mark-chapter-5-jesus-restores-a-demon-possessed-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jesusdidsay.com\/?page_id=9959","title":{"rendered":"Mark Chapter 5 Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5\u00a0<\/strong>They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.\u00a0<sup>2\u00a0<\/sup>When Jesus got out of the boat,\u00a0a man with an impure spirit\u00a0came from the tombs to meet him.\u00a0<sup>3\u00a0<\/sup>This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.\u00a0<sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.\u00a0<sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.\u00a0<sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>He shouted at the top of his voice, \u201cWhat do you want with me,\u00a0Jesus, Son of the Most High God?\u00a0In God\u2019s name don\u2019t torture me!\u201d\u00a0<sup>8\u00a0<\/sup>For Jesus had said to him,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cCome out of this man, you impure spirit!\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>Then Jesus asked him,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cWhat is your name?\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy name is Legion,\u201d&nbsp;he replied, \u201cfor we are many.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>The demons begged Jesus, \u201cSend us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>14&nbsp;<\/sup>Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.&nbsp;<sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion&nbsp;of demons,&nbsp;sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.&nbsp;<sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man\u2014and told about the pigs as well.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.\u00a0<sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus did not let him, but said,\u00a0<mark style=\\\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\\\" class=\\\"has-inline-color\\\">\u201cGo home to your own people and tell them\u00a0how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.\u201d<\/mark>\u00a0<sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis\u00a0how much Jesus had done for him. 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