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The Book of Mark, Chapter 5, Verse 3

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And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
King James Version
Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
American Standard Version
who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;
New English Translation
When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
World English Bible
He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
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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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And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
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But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
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And 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.
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For he said unto him, ‹Come out of the man,› [thou] ‹unclean spirit.›
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And he asked him, ‹What› [is] ‹thy name?› And he answered, saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.
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And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
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Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
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And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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And 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.