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For He said to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!"
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Then He asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion; for we are many."
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Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.
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Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains.
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So all the demons begged Him, saying, "Send us to the swine, that we may enter them."
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And at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.
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So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.
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Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been demon-possessed and had the legion, sitting and clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.
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And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine.
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Then they began to plead with Him to depart from their region.
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And when He got into the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him.