Luke 8:26

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Luke 8:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.

25 “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

26 Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.

27 When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.

28 When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 8:28

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

Matthew 8:29

“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Matthew 8:30

In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Matthew 8:32

“Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.

Matthew 8:33

Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.

Matthew 8:34

Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.

Mark 5:1

On the other side of the sea, they arrived in the region of the Gerasenes.

Mark 5:2

As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.

Mark 5:3

This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.

Mark 5:4

Though he was often bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and shattered the shackles. Now there was no one with the strength to subdue him.

Mark 5:5

Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.

Mark 5:6

When the man saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees before Him.

Mark 5:7

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

Mark 5:8

For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”

Mark 5:9

“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

Mark 5:10

And he begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of that region.

Mark 5:11

There on the nearby hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

Mark 5:12

So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

Mark 5:13

He gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs, and the herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water.

Mark 5:14

Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Mark 5:15

When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

Mark 5:16

Those who had seen it described what had happened to the demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.

Mark 5:17

And the people began to beg Jesus to leave their region.

Mark 5:18

As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed by the demons begged to go with Him.

Mark 5:19

But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

Mark 5:20

So the man went away and began to proclaim throughout the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was amazed.