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A man with evil spirits

A wild man is delivered and becomes sane.
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Jesus and His disciples crossed Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. – Slide 1
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When Jesus was getting out of the boat … – Slide 2
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… a man with an evil spirit quickly ran to Him from the graveyard where he had been living. – Slide 3
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No one was able to tie the man up anymore, not even with a chain. He had often been put in chains and leg irons, but he broke the chains and smashed the leg irons. – Slide 4
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No one could control him. Night and day he was in the graveyard or on the hills, yelling and cutting himself with stones. – Slide 5
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When the man saw Jesus in the distance … – Slide 6
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… he ran up to Him and knelt down. – Slide 7
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He shouted, ‘Jesus, Son of God in heaven, what do you want with me? Promise me in God's name that you won't torture me!’ – Slide 8
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The man said this because Jesus had already told the evil spirit to come out of him. – Slide 9
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Jesus asked, ‘What is your name?’ – Slide 10
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The man answered, ‘My name is Lots, because I have ‘lots’ of evil spirits.’ – Slide 11
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He then begged Jesus not to send them away. – Slide 12
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Over on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. – Slide 13
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So the evil spirits begged Jesus, ‘Send us into those pigs! Let us go into them.’ – Slide 14
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Jesus let them go, and they went out of the man and into the pigs. – Slide 15
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The whole herd of about 2,000 pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. – Slide 16
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The men taking care of the pigs ran to the town and the farms to spread the news. – Slide 17
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Then the people came out to see what had happened. – Slide 18
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When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had once been full of demons. He was sitting there with his clothes on and in his right mind, and they were terrified. – Slide 19
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Everyone who had seen what had happened told about the man and the pigs. Then the people started begging Jesus to leave their part of the country. – Slide 20
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When Jesus was getting into the boat … – Slide 21
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… the man begged to go with Him. – Slide 22
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But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he said, ‘Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how good He has been to you.’ – Slide 23
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The man went away into the region near the ten cities known as Decapolis and began telling everyone how much Jesus had done for him. – Slide 24
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Everyone who heard what had happened was amazed. – Slide 25
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