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Jesus Casts Out Legion
The Book of Jesus
Chapter Seven
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Cure of the Two Blind Men
Cure of a Mute Possessed by a Demon
Jesus Returns to Nazareth
The Twelve Are Sent Out
The Disciples Instruction
Herod and Jesus
John the Baptist is Beheaded
The First Miracle of the Loaves
Jesus Walks on the Water
Cures at Gennesaret
The Discourse in the Capernaum Synagogue
Jesus Casts Out Legion
NARRATOR.
They landed in the country of the Gerasenes [Gadarenes], which is on the other side of the lake opposite Galilee. No sooner had Jesus
disembarked from the boat, then a man who had been possessed with demons for a long time came out of the tombs towards him. The
man did not wear any clothes, did not live in a house, but in the tombs and was so fierce that no man could pass by that way. All the
time, night and day, in the mountains and among the tombs he would howl and cut himself with stones. But when he saw Jesus from a
distance he cried out, ran up to him and fell down before his feet in homage. Shouting at the top of his lungs he cried:
MAN.
What do you want with us, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Have you come here to torture us before the time? I beg you, don't
torture me...swear by God that you won't torture me!
NARRATOR.
For Jesus had ordered the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times, the unclean spirit would possess the man and he would
have to be restrained with chains and foot shackles. But no man could restrain or tame him; no, not even with chains. He would
always snap the chains and break in pieces the bands that bound his feet and the devil would drive him out into the wilderness. Jesus
asked him:
JESUS.
What's your name?
MAN.
My name is Legion, because there are many of us.
NARRATOR.
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