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¹ AND they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadroyee.² And when he had come from the vessel, there met him from the place of tombs a man who had an unclean spirit,³ and he dwelt in the place of tombs; and with chains no man could bind him:⁴ for, so often as with shackles and chains he had been bound, the chains he had broken, and the shackles he had burst asunder; and no man could subdue him.⁵ And at all time, by night and by day, he was in the place of tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and bruising himself with stones.⁶ But when he saw Jeshu from afar, he ran, worshipped him,⁷ and cried with a high voice, and said, What to me and to thee, Jeshu, Son of Aloha the Most High ? I adjure thee by Aloha, that thou torment me not !⁸ For he had said to him, Come forth from the man, unclean spirit !⁹ And he questioned him, How is thy name? And he said to him, Legion is our name, because we are many.¹⁰ And he besought him much that he would not send him out of the region.¹¹ Now at the mountain there was a great herd of swine feeding.¹² And the devils besought him, saying, Send us into those swine, that into them we may enter.¹³ And he suffered them. And those unclean spirits went forth and entered into the swine; and that herd ran to the rock, and plunged into the sea, as two thousand, and were drowned in the waters.¹⁴ And they who kept them fled, and told in the city, and also in the hamlets; and they came forth to see what was done.¹⁵ And they came to Jeshu, and saw him who (had had) the devils, sitting, clothed, and sane; him, who had had in him the legion and they were afraid.¹⁶ And they who had seen, related to them what had been done to him who had had the devils, and also concerning those swine.¹⁷ And they began to beg of him to go from their coast.¹⁸ And when he had ascended the vessel, he in whom had been the devils besought him that he might be with him.¹⁹ But he permitted him not; but said to him, Go to thy house, to thy men, and show them what the Lord hath done for thee, and (how he) hath had mercy on thee.²⁰ And he went, and began to preach in the ten cities what Jeshu had done for him: and all marvelled.

²¹ AND when Jeshu had passed in the vessel to the opposite side, there were again congregated unto him great gatherings, while he was upon the shore of the sea.²² And there came one whose name was Jorosh, one of the masters of the synagogue; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,²³ and besought him much, saying to him, My daughter is greatly afflicted; come, lay thy hand upon her, and she will be healed, and live.²⁴ And Jeshu went with him; and a great multitude adhered to him, and oppressed him.²⁵ But a certain woman, who had a defluxion of blood twelve years,²⁶ who much had suffered from many physicians, and had expended all whatever she had, and was nothing helped, but also the more afflicted,²⁷ having heard of Jeshu, came in the press of the crowd behind him, and touched his vestment.²⁸ For she said, If I but touch his vestment, I shall live.²⁹ And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried; and she felt in her body that she had been healed from her plague.³⁰ But Jeshu at once knew within himself that power had gone forth from him, and he turned to the crowd, and said, Who touched my garments ?³¹ His disciples say to him, Thou seest the crowds that oppress thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me ?³² And he looked round to see who this had done.³³ But the woman herself, fearing and trembling, because she knew what had been done for her, came, fell before him, and told him all the truth.³⁴ But he said to her, My daughter, thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace, and be healed from thy plague.

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