Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon

Luke 8

26 b Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, 1 which is opposite Galilee. 27 When Jesus 2 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 c but among the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he d cried out and fell down before him and said d with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, e Son of f the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me." 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon g into the desert.) 30 Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, h "Legion," for many demons had entered him. 31 And they begged him not to command them to depart into i the abyss. 32 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into j the lake and were drowned.

34 When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35 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 k at the feet of Jesus, l clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed 3 man had been healed. 37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes m asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, 39 "Return to your home, and n declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 8:26 - 40
    Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
    Matthew 8:28 - 9:1
    And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.
    Mark 5:1 - 21
    They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 8:26 - 39
    Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
    Matthew 8:28 - 34
    And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.
    Mark 5:1 - 20
    They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
  3. Cross References
    Revelation 18:2
    And he called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
  4. Cross References
    Luke 4:33 - 34
    And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice.
    Mark 1:23 - 24
    And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out.
    Mark 1:26
    And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.
    Acts 8:7
    For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 4:33 - 34
    And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice.
    Mark 1:23 - 24
    And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out.
    Mark 1:26
    And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.
    Acts 8:7
    For unclean spirits, crying out with a loud voice, came out of many who had them, and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.
  6. Cross References
    Luke 4:3
    The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.
    Luke 4:9
    And he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.
    Matthew 14:33
    And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
  7. Cross References
    Luke 1:32
    He will be great and will be called the Son of ...
    Luke 6:35
    But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, e...
    Genesis 14:18
    And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread...
    Numbers 24:16
    The oracle of him who hears the words of God, a...
    Psalms 57:2
    I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills...
    Isaiah 14:14
    I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; ...
    Daniel 3:26
    Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of th...
    Acts 16:17
    She followed Paul and us, crying out, "These me...
  8. Cross References
    Luke 11:24
    "When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
    Matthew 12:43
    When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 26:53
    Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels?
  10. Cross References
    Revelation 9:1
    And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
  11. Cross References
    Luke 8:22 - 23
    One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out.
  12. Cross References
    Luke 10:39
    And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.
  13. Cross References
    Luke 8:27
    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.
  14. Cross References
    Luke 5:8
    But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
    Acts 16:39
    So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 66:16
    Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
    Luke 5:14
    And he charged him to tell no one, but "go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them.
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