When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

As the men were going out, a man who couldn't talk because he was demon-possessed was brought to him.

Then Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and every illness.

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"

Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

But he refused and had him thrown into prison until he could repay the debt.

In anger his master handed him over to the jailers until he could repay the entire debt.

Then Jesus, deeply moved with compassion, touched their eyes, and at once they could see again. So they followed him.

No one could answer him at all, and from that day on no one dared to ask him another question.

Surely this perfume could've been sold for a high price and the money given to the destitute."

When he went back to the disciples, he found them asleep. He told Peter, "So, you men couldn't stay awake with me for one hour, could you?

Then he came back and found them asleep, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward