Feb 20【每日活水】心思及眼光贴近神的心意

治好格拉森被鬼附的人
（太8‧28－34；路8‧26－39）
1他们来到海那边格拉森人的地方。
2耶稣一下船，就有一个被污鬼附着的人从坟茔里出来迎着他。
3那人常住在坟茔里，没有人能捆住他，就是用铁链也不能；
4因为人屡次用脚镣和铁链捆锁他，铁链竟被他挣断了，脚镣也被他弄碎了；总没有人能制伏他。
5他昼夜常在坟茔里和山中喊叫，又用石头砍自己。
6他远远地看见耶稣，就跑过去拜他，
7大声呼叫说：「至高　神的儿子耶稣，我与你有什么相干？我指着　神恳求你，不要叫我受苦！
8是因耶稣曾吩咐他说：「污鬼啊，从这人身上出来吧！」
9耶稣问他说：「你名叫什么？」回答说：「我名叫『群』，因为我们多的缘故」；
10就再三地求耶稣，不要叫他们离开那地方。
11在那里山坡上，有一大群猪吃食；
12鬼就央求耶稣说：「求你打发我们往猪群里，附着猪去。」
13耶稣准了他们，污鬼就出来，进入猪里去。于是那群猪闯下山崖，投在海里，淹死了。猪的数目约有二千。
14放猪的就逃跑了，去告诉城里和乡下的人。众人就来，要看是什么事。
15他们来到耶稣那里，看见那被鬼附着的人，就是从前被群鬼所附的，坐着，穿上衣服，心里明白过来，他们就害怕。
16看见这事的，便将鬼附之人所遇见的和那群猪的事都告诉了众人；
17众人就央求耶稣离开他们的境界。
18耶稣上船的时候，那从前被鬼附着的人恳求和耶稣同在。
19耶稣不许，却对他说：「你回家去，到你的亲属那里，将主为你所做的是何等大的事，是怎样怜悯你，都告诉他们。」
20那人就走了，在低加坡里传扬耶稣为他做了何等大的事，众人就都希奇。

Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
1They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.
2When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
3This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.
4For 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.
5Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him.
7He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!”
8For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
10And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
12The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.”
13He 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.
14Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.
15When 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.
16Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well.
17Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him.
19Jesus did not let him, but said, “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.”
20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.