You don't have to believe in literal demons to know that there are people with schizophrenia, addictions or other serious disorders who most of us don't want to deal with. We want to imprison them, or put them out of sight where they won't hurt us.
This is what seems to have happened to the man viewed as possessed by a demon. Folks had tried imprisoning him with chains, and he broke out of every restraint. So they cast him out, and he lived in a cemetery.
But Jesus cares about every one, especially the "least of these", and he heals the man. And the man went out and told everyone how much the Lord had done for him.
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| Jesus and the demoniac |
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