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-# Connecting Statement:
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-This concludes the account of Jesus healing two demon-possessed men.
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 # tending the pigs
 
 "taking care of the pigs"
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-# what had happened to the men who had been possessed by demons
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-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "what Jesus did to help the men whom demons had controlled" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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