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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gadarenes</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Gergesenes</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He shouted at the top of his voice, &#8220;What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God&#8217;s name don&#8217;t torture me!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For Jesus had said to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come out of this man, you impure spirit!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.5.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Jesus asked him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;What is your name?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.5.9"><span class="content">&#8220;My name is Legion,&#8221; he replied, &#8220;for we are many.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The demons begged Jesus, &#8220;Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.5.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man&#8212;and told about the pigs as well. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.5.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Jesus did not let him, but said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:20 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Ten Cities</span></span></span><span class="content"> how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.5.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He pleaded earnestly with him, &#8220;My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Jesus went with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.5.24"><span class="content">A large crowd followed and pressed around him. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">because she thought, &#8220;If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.5.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who touched my clothes?&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.5.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;You see the people crowding against you,&#8221; his disciples answered, &#8220;and yet you can ask, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;Who touched me?&#8217;</span></span><span class="content"> &#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.5.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.5.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.5.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">He said to her, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.5.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.5.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. &#8220;Your daughter is dead,&#8221; they said. &#8220;Why bother the teacher anymore?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.5.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.5.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Overhearing</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:36 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Ignoring</span></span></span><span class="content"> what they said, Jesus told him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid; just believe.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.5.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.5.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.5.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.5.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He went in and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.5.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">But they laughed at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.5.40"><span class="content">After he put them all out, he took the child&#8217;s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.5.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">He took her by the hand and said to her, </span><span class="tl"><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Talitha koum!&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> (which means </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Little girl, I say to you, get up!&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">). </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.5.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.5.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">25</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">More Proverbs of Solomon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.25.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"><span class="content">to search out a matter is the glory of kings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.25.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">As the heavens are high and the earth is deep,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"><span class="content">so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.25.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Remove the dross from the silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"><span class="content">and a silversmith can produce a vessel;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.25.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">remove wicked officials from the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"><span class="content">and his throne will be established through righteousness.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.25.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not exalt yourself in the king&#8217;s presence,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"><span class="content">and do not claim a place among his great men;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.25.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">it is better for him to say to you, &#8220;Come up here,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"><span class="content">What you have seen with your eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.25.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">do not bring</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">25:7,8 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / </span><span class="fv">8 </span><span class="fqa">Do not go</span></span></span><span class="content"> hastily to court,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">for what will you do in the end</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"><span class="content">if your neighbor puts you to shame?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.25.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If you take your neighbor to court,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"><span class="content">do not betray another&#8217;s confidence,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.25.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">or the one who hears it may shame you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"><span class="content">and the charge against you will stand.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.25.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Like apples</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricots</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold in settings of silver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"><span class="content">is a ruling rightly given.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.25.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"><span class="content">is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.25.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"><span class="content">he refreshes the spirit of his master.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.25.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Like clouds and wind without rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"><span class="content">is one who boasts of gifts never given.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.25.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"><span class="content">and a gentle tongue can break a bone.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.25.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">If you find honey, eat just enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"><span class="content">too much of it, and you will vomit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.25.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Seldom set foot in your neighbor&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"><span class="content">too much of you, and they will hate you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.25.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"><span class="content">is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.25.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Like a broken tooth or a lame foot</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"><span class="content">is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.25.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">or like vinegar poured on a wound,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"><span class="content">is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.25.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"><span class="content">if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.25.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will reward you.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.25.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"><span class="content">is a sly tongue&#8212;which provokes a horrified look.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.25.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Better to live on a corner of the roof</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"><span class="content">than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.25.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Like cold water to a weary soul</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"><span class="content">is good news from a distant land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.25.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Like a muddied spring or a polluted well</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"><span class="content">are the righteous who give way to the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.25.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">It is not good to eat too much honey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"><span class="content">nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.25.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like a city whose walls are broken through</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.25.28"><span class="content">is a person who lacks self-control.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="COL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. </span></span></div>
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