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APRIL 6
When he goes out, he tells it. man. For it had often seized him, and he was
kept under guard, bound with chains and
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All who hate me whisper together
against me; shackles; and he broke the bonds and was driv-
Against me they devise my hurt. en by the demon into the wilderness.
“An evil disease,” they say, “clings to
8 30 Jesus asked him, saying, “What is your
him. name?”
And now that he lies down, he will rise And he said, “Legion,” because many demons
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up no more.” had entered him. And they begged Him that
Even my own familiar friend in whom I
9 He would not command them to go out into
trusted, the abyss.
Who ate my bread, 32 Now a herd of many swine was feeding
Has lifted up his heel against me. there on the mountain. So they begged Him
that He would permit them to enter them. And
10 But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, He permitted them. Then the demons went
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and raise me up, out of the man and entered the swine, and the
That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that You are well herd ran violently down the steep place into
pleased with me, the lake and drowned.
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Because my enemy does not triumph When those who fed them saw what had
over me. happened, they fled and told it in the city and in
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12 As for me, You uphold me in my the country. Then they went out to see what
integrity, had happened, and came to Jesus, and found
And set me before Your face forever. the man from whom the demons had depart-
ed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel right mind. And they were afraid. They also
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From everlasting to everlasting! who had seen it told them by what means he
Amen and Amen. who had been demon-possessed was healed.
37 Then the whole multitude of the surrounding
region of the Gadarenes asked Him to depart
from them, for they were seized with great
fear. And He got into the boat and returned.
41:13 Blessed be. The essence of the Hebrew 38 Now the man from whom the demons had
root of “amen” is “it is true,” i.e., reliable, con- departed begged Him that he might be with
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firmed, verified.Note that Book I of the Psalms Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, “Re-
(Pss. 1–41) closes with a doxology; see the turn to your own house, and tell what great
endings of the other 4 books (Pss. 72:18,19; things God has done for you.” And he went his
89:52; 106:48; 150:6). way and proclaimed throughout the whole city
what great things Jesus had done for him.
40 So it was, when Jesus returned, that the
multitude welcomed Him, for they were all
Proverbs 13:15–16
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waiting for Him. And behold, there came a
Good understanding gains favor, man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
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But the way of the unfaithful is hard. synagogue. And he fell down at Jesus’ feet and
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Every prudent man acts with begged Him to come to his house, for he had
knowledge, an only daughter about twelve years of age, and
But a fool lays open his folly. she was dying.
But as He went, the multitudes thronged
Luke 8:26–56
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Him. Now a woman, having a flow of blood
26 Then they sailed to the country of the for twelve years, who had spent all her liveli-
Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee. And when hood on physicians and could not be healed
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He stepped out on the land, there met Him a by any, came from behind and touched the
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certain man from the city who had demons for border of His garment. And immediately her
a long time. And he wore no clothes, nor did he flow of blood stopped.
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live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw 45 And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?”
Jesus, he cried out, fell down before Him, and When all denied it, Peter and those with
with a loud voice said, “What have I to do with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and
You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg press You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”
You, do not torment me!” For He had com- 46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for
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manded the unclean spirit to come out of the I perceived power going out from Me.” Now
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