Mark 5:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him.

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  • Jas 3:7-8 : 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

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  • Mark 5:2-3
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    2And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

    3Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:

  • Mark 5:5-13
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    5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

    6But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,

    7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

    8For he said unto him, ‹Come out of the man,› [thou] ‹unclean spirit.›

    9And he asked him, ‹What› [is] ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.

    10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

    11Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

    12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

    13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

  • Luke 8:26-33
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    26And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.

    27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.

    28When 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 God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.

    29(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)

    30And Jesus asked him, saying, ‹What is thy name?› And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

    31And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.

    32And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

    33Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked.

  • Matt 8:28-30
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    28¶ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

    29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

    30And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

  • Mark 1:25-26
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    25And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.›

    26And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

  • Luke 9:39-40
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    39And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.

    40And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

  • Mark 9:20-22
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    20And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.

    21And he asked his father, ‹How long is it ago since this came unto him?› And he said, Of a child.

    22And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

  • Luke 4:33-35
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    33And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,

    34Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.

    35And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‹Hold thy peace, and come out of him.› And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not.

  • Mark 5:15-19
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    15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

    16And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.

    17And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

    18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

    19Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, ‹Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.›

  • Mark 1:23
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    23¶ And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

  • Mark 9:18
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    18And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.

  • Mark 1:34
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    34And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

  • Luke 8:35-36
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    35Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.

    36They also which saw [it] told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.

  • Mark 9:25-26
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    25When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, [Thou] ‹dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.›

    26And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

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    16And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

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  • Luke 8:38
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    38Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,

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    15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

  • Luke 4:41
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    41And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking [them] suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

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    21And when his friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.