Mark 5:2
Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.
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- Mark 1:23 : 23 Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
- Mark 5:8 : 8 (For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)
- Isa 65:4 : 4 They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.
- Mark 7:25 : 25 Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.
- Luke 8:27 : 27 As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.
- Luke 9:42 : 42 As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
- Mark 1:26 : 26 After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
- Mark 3:30 : 30 (because they said,“He has an unclean spirit”).
- Mark 4:1 : 1 The Parable of the Sower Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake.
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1Healing of a Demoniac So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.
- Luke 8:26-338 verses87%
26Healing of a Demoniac So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!”
29For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man.(For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)
30Jesus then asked him,“What is your name?” He said,“Legion,” because many demons had entered him.
31And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss.
32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.
33So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
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28Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.
29They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
30A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them.
31Then the demons begged him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32And he said,“Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water.
- Mark 5:3-108 verses86%
3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
7Then he cried out with a loud voice,“Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God– do not torment me!”
8(For Jesus had said to him,“Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!”)
9Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”
10He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region.
- Mark 1:23-275 verses84%
23Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
24“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!”
25But Jesus rebuked him:“Silence! Come out of him!”
26After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.
27They were all amazed so that they asked each other,“What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
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12And the demonic spirits begged him,“Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.”
13Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake.
14Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
15They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind– the one who had the“Legion”– and they were afraid.
16Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs.
17Then they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
18As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him.
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33Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
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35So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
36Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed.
37Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.
38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
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34Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.
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11And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out,“You are the Son of God.”
- Luke 11:24-252 verses76%
24Response to Jesus’ Work“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says,‘I will return to the home I left.’
25When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
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54As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus.
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20So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.
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25Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it,“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”
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39A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely.
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43The Return of the Unclean Spirit“When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.
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36They were all amazed and began to say to one another,“What’s happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
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18and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured.