Mark 5:1-6

Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man

1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.^[a]

2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.

3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.

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Cross References 2

1. Mark 4:1
2. Mark 1:23

Footnotes 1

[a]. Some manuscripts "Gadarenes" ; other manuscripts "Gergesenes"

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