And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man, the one who had had the legion, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs.
And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?” So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you.”
And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued? For thus says the Lord: “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be rescued, for I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you?
Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.”
Then people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons begged him that he might be with him.
And those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs.
for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him.
Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.
So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.
And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”
And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?”
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