Jesus Casts Out Demons

October 25, 2015
21st Sunday after Pentecost

Luke 8:26-39
Preschool Edition
JESUS CASTS OUT DEMONS

Jesus arrived in a town and was met by a man who acted
very strangely. He had demons. He was not in his right
mind. He didnt wear clothes, and lived in the caves.
When he saw Jesus, the unclean spirits made him say,
What have I to do with you, Jesus? Jesus asked, What
is your name? The man answered Legion.
Jesus commanded the legion, or army, of unclean spirits

to leave the man and to enter the herd of pigs that were
nearby. They did so, and then the herd rushed down a
steep hill into the lake and all were drowned. The man
was now healed. But the people of the area were afraid
of Jesus, and asked that he leave. He got in the boat and
left them. The man that was healed wanted to go with
Jesus, but Jesus told him to return to his home, and to
tell people what God had done for him.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Icon courtesy of Iconographics (www.theologic.com)
1. Look at the man in the drawing. He was very sick.

He had demons that made him act strangely. Where did he live?
2. Jesus commanded the unclean spirits to get out of the man. Where did he tell them to go?
3. Did the unclean spirits do as Jesus told them to? What did the pigs do then?
4. The man that Jesus healed wanted to go with him. Jesus told him to do something else. What was it?
5. Name one good thing that God has done for, or given to, you.
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
Coloring Sheet
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Let Us Attend! is published by the Antiochian Orthodox Department of Christian Education (www.antiochian.org). If you would like information on
our present programs and future initiatives, contact Mrs. Carole Buleza at aodce@antiochian.org. We gratefully acknowledge support from the Order
of St. Ignatius which funds, in part, the work of the Department.
Visit www.antiochian.org/LetUsAttend for free downloads related to this Gospel story: mp3 audio, coloring sheet,
Pre- script for readers theater, and handouts for preschool through high school.
Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AODCE.
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
Preschool Activity

Materials:
* craft sticks
* light colored construction paper
* crayons, colored pencils, and/or markers
* glue
* ribbon or string
Procedure: Icon courtesy of Iconographics (www.theologic.com)
1. After reading the gospel story to your child, take time to review the discussion questions following the story.
2. Remind your child that God does many things for us every day. We may not ask God to help us, but He still does,
just like He helped the man named "Legion". Name some things that God has done for you in your life. Encourage
your child to name some things that God has done for them in their life. Decide on four of these examples that your
child can illustrate for the craft.
3. Cut a piece of construction paper in half.
4. Using the craft sticks, glue a "frame" around the piece of construction paper. On the shorter sides, allow about
1/2" of the craft sticks to stick out from the paper.
5. Hold the framed paper horizontally. At the top of the paper, assist your child in printing the words, "Look what
God does for ME!" You may choose to write the words in pencil and allow your child to trace the letters using a fine
marker.
6. In the center of the paper, ask your child to draw a picture of themselves.
7. Draw four lines (like sunshine rays) coming from the picture of your child.
8. At the end of each of those lines, have your child draw a picture of what you discussed earlier (the four things that
God has done for them).
9. Color the drawings.
10. Using a piece of string or ribbon, tie either end of the string to the top corners of the craft stick frame.
11. Your child may hang their picture in a special place.
12. Once you have completed the craft, stand in front of the family icon corner and say a prayer, thanking God for all
that He has done for you and your child. Remind your child to thank God often for all His help in our lives!
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
Grades K-2 Edition

One day, our Lord Jesus met a man who had demons. He did not wear
clothes. He lived in the tombs. The demons made him strong and not safe to
be with.
When the man saw Jesus, the demons made him yell, What do I have to do
with you, Jesus, Gods Son? Leave me alone!
Jesus asked the man what his name was. The man said, Legion. (A legion is
a large group or army.) He said this was his name because so many demons
were in him.
Jesus told the demons to leave the man. He told them to go into a nearby
herd of pigs. The demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. The
whole herd went rushing down the steep bank into the lake and they
Icon courtesy of Iconographics (www.theologic.com)
drowned.
The people watching the pigs saw what had happened. They ran to town and
told other people. These people went to see Jesus. They saw the man who
had demons sitting at Jesus feet. He was wearing clothes. He was talking in a
normal voice. This made the people very afraid. They asked Jesus to leave.
As Jesus got into a boat to leave, the man begged to come along. He wanted
to be with Jesus. But Jesus told him to go home and tell all that God had done
for him.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?

1. Jesus met a man who was acting very strangely. What was his problem?
2. The man did not wear clothes. Where did he live?
3. Jesus told the legion, or army, of demons to get out of the man. Where did
they go?
4. What happened to the herd of pigs?
5. What did Jesus say the man should tell about?
6. God is more powerful than anyone or anything. If we are feeling or acting

strangely, we can ask God to help us. If we are confused, God can help us. We
can pray, and then give our problem to God.
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
Grades 3-5 Edition
THE GADARENE DEMONIAC

At that time, Jesus arrived at the demons had gone, sitting at the feet
country of the Gadarenes, which is of Jesus, clothed and in his right
opposite Galilee. And as he stepped mind; and they were afraid. And
out on land, there met him a man those who had seen it told them
from the city who had demons; for a how he who had been possessed
long time he had worn no clothes, with demons was healed.
and he lived not in a house but
Then all the people of the surround-
among the tombs. When he saw
ing country of the Gadarenes asked
Jesus, he cried out and fell down
Jesus to depart from them; for they
before him, and said with a loud
were seized with great fear; so he
voice, What have I to do with you,
got into a boat and returned. The
Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I
man from whom the demons had
beseech you, do not torment me.
gone begged that he might be with
For Jesus had commanded the un-
Jesus; but Jesus sent him away, say-
clean spirit to come out of the man.
ing, Return to your home, and de-
[For many a time it had seized him;
clare all the God has done for you.
he was kept under guard, and bound
And he went away, proclaiming
with chains and fetters, but he broke
through the whole city all that Jesus
the bonds and was driven by the
had done for him.
demon into the wilderness.] Jesus
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then asked him, What is your
name? And he said, Legion; for WHAT DO YOU THINK?
many demons had entered him. And 1. After the crowds of people find out that Jesus healed the man and sent the
they begged Jesus not to command demons into the heard of swine how do they react? How do they feel? What
them to depart into the abyss. do they ask Jesus to do? Why?
Now a large herd of swine was feed- 2. What scares you or makes you feel afraid? Why is it scary? What do you
ing there on the hillside; and they want to do when you are scared?
begged Jesus to let them enter 3. How is your reaction to what scares you similar to the people in the gos-
these. So he gave them leave. Then pel? How is it different?
the demons came out of the man 4. Why do you think the people were afraid of Jesus?
entered the swine, and the herd
5. During Divine Liturgy, listen for the places where the priest and deacon say
rushed down the steep bank into the the word fear. (During the Anaphora and right before Communion) Why do
lake and were drowned. they tell us to stand with fear and draw near with fear?
When the herdsmen saw what had 6. Why is God someone to be feared sometimes? Is this the same kind of fear
happened, they fled, and told it in that you feel when the things that scare you happen? How is it the same, or
the city and in the country. Then different?
people went out to see what had 7. Do you think we should be afraid of Jesus in the same way the people in
happened, and they came to Jesus, the gospel were afraid of him? Why or why not?
and found the man from whom the 8. Think back to what the deacon or priest tells us before communion: with
fear of God, and faith and love, draw near. How does a person approach in
fear and in love at the same time? Why can we approach God even though
we fear Him?
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
Readers Theatre

Characters: Narrator, Jesus, Man Now a large herd of swine was
feeding there on the hillside; and
Narrator: At that time, Jesus arrived at the
they begged Jesus to let them enter
country of the Gadarenes, which is
these. So he gave them leave. Then
opposite Galilee. And as he stepped
the demons cam out of the man
out on land, there met him a man
entered the swine, and the herd
from the city who had demons; for
rushed down the steep bank into
a long time he had worn no clothes,
the lake and were drowned.
and he lived not in a house but
among the tombs. When he saw When the herdsmen saw what had
Jesus, he cried out and fell down happened, they fled, and told it in
before him, and said with a loud the city and in the country. Then
voice, people went out to see what had
happened, and they came to Jesus,
Man: What have I to do with you, Jesus,
and found the man from whom the
Son of the Most High God? I be-
demons had gone, sitting at the
seech you, do not torment me.
feet of Jesus, clothed and in his
Narrator: For Jesus had commanded the un- right mind; and they were afraid.
clean spirit to come out of the man. And those who had seen it told
[For many a time it had seized him; them how he who had been pos-
he was kept under guard, and sessed with demons was healed.
bound with chains and fetters, but
Then all the people of the surround-
he broke the bonds and was driven
ing country of the Gadarenes asked
by the demon into the wilderness.]
Jesus to depart from them; for they
Jesus then asked him,
were seized with great fear; so he
Jesus: What is your name? got into a boat and returned. The
Narrator: And he said, man from whom the demons had
gone begged that he might be with
Man: Legion Jesus; but Jesus sent him away, say-
Narrator: For many demons had entered him. ing,
And they begged Jesus not to com- Jesus: Return to your home, and declare
mand them to depart into the all the God has done for you.
abyss.
Narrator: And he went away, proclaiming
through the whole city all that Jesus
had done for him.
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
Middle School Edition

At that time, Jesus arrived WHAT DO YOU THINK?
at the country of the 1. After the crowds of peo-
Gadarenes, which is op- ple find out that Jesus
healed the man and sent
posite Galilee. And as he the demons into the
stepped out on land, there swine how do they re-
act? How do they feel?
met him a man from the What do they ask Jesus
to do?
city who had demons; for 2. How would you feel if
a long time he had worn this event took place in
your town? What would
no clothes, and he lived you think?
not in a house but among 3. Do you think the crowd
understood who Jesus is
the tombs. When he saw given their reaction to
him?
Jesus, he cried out and fell Image courtesy of freeimages.com
4. Who or what in the story
down before him, and said to command them to de- Jesus, clothed and in his knows who Jesus is and
even names him Jesus,
with a loud voice, What part into the abyss. right mind; and they were Son of the Most High
have I to do with you, Je- afraid. And those who had God? Does this seem
Now a large herd of swine strange to you? Why or
sus, Son of the Most High seen it told them how he why not?
was feeding there on the 5. What does the crowds
God? I beseech you, do who had been possessed
hillside; and they begged reaction say about Jesus?
not torment me. For Je- with demons was healed. What does their reaction
Jesus to let them enter say about being a human
sus had commanded the being?
these. So he gave them Then all the people of the
unclean spirit to come out 6. What does the Legions
leave. Then the demons surrounding country of the reaction to Jesus say
of the man. [For many a about Jesus?
cam out of the man en- Gadarenes asked Jesus to 7. Listen carefully to the
time it had seized him; he
tered the swine, and the depart from them; for first few phrases of the
was kept under guard, and Nicene Creed during the
herd rushed down the they were seized with Divine Liturgy. What do
bound with chains and we say about God there
steep bank into the lake great fear; so he got into a
fetters, but he broke the that is similar to what
and were drowned. boat and returned. The our gospel story says
bonds and was driven by about Jesus?
man from whom the de-
the demon into the wilder- When the herdsmen saw 8. What does Jesus tell the
mons had gone begged young man in the gospel
ness.] Jesus then asked what had happened, they to do after he is healed?
that he might be with Je- 9. What do the people who
him, What is your fled, and told it in the city
sus; but Jesus sent him know who God is have to
name? And he said, and in the country. Then do if God is in charge of
away, saying, Return to everything but people
Legion; for many de- people went out to see sometimes cant see or
your home, and declare all
mons had entered him. what had happened, and understand that?
the God has done for 10. Who do you know who
And they begged Jesus not they came to Jesus, and teaches other people
you. And he went away, about who Jesus is?
found the man from
proclaiming through the What can you do to imi-
whom the demons had tate that person this
whole city all that Jesus week?
gone, sitting at the feet of
had done for him.
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October 25, 2015
Luke 8:26-39
High School Edition

At that time, Jesus arrived at the country WHAT DO YOU THINK?
of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Gali-
1. After the crowds of peo-
lee. And as he stepped out on land, there ple find out that Jesus
met him a man from the city who had healed the man and sent
the demons into the
demons; for a long time he had worn no swine how do they re-
clothes, and he lived not in a house but act? How do they feel?
What do they ask Jesus
among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he to do?
cried out and fell down before him, and 2. How would you feel if
this event took place in
said with a loud voice, What have I to do your town? What would
with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High you think?
3. Do you think the crowd
God? I beseech you, do not torment me. understood who Jesus is
For Jesus had commanded the unclean given their reaction to
him?
spirit to come out of the man. [For many Image courtesy of freeimages.com 4. Who or what in the story
a time it had seized him; he was kept un- knows who Jesus is and
der guard, and bound with chains and whom the demons had gone, sitting at even names him Jesus,
Son of the Most High
fetters, but he broke the bonds and was the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right God? Does this seem
driven by the demon into the wilderness.] mind; and they were afraid. And those strange to you? Why or
why not?
Jesus then asked him, What is your who had seen it told them how he who 5. What does the crowds
name? And he said, Legion; for many had been possessed with demons was reaction say about Jesus?
What does their reaction
demons had entered him. And they healed. say about being a human
begged Jesus not to command them to being?
Then all the people of the surrounding 6. What does the Legions
depart into the abyss. reaction to Jesus say
country of the Gadarenes asked Jesus to
about Jesus?
Now a large herd of swine was feeding depart from them; for they were seized 7. Listen carefully to the
there on the hillside; and they begged with great fear; so he got into a boat and first few phrases of the
Nicene Creed during the
Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave returned. The man from whom the de- Divine Liturgy. What do
them leave. Then the demons cam out of mons had gone begged that he might be we say about God there
that is similar to what
the man entered the swine, and the herd with Jesus; but Jesus sent him away, say- our gospel story says
rushed down the steep bank into the lake ing, Return to your home, and declare all about Jesus?
8. What does Jesus tell the
and were drowned. the God has done for you. And he went young man in the gospel
away, proclaiming through the whole city to do after he is healed?
When the herdsmen saw what had hap- 9. What do the people who
all that Jesus had done for him.
pened, they fled, and told it in the city know who God is have to
do if God is in charge of
and in the country. Then people went out everything but people
to see what had happened, and they sometimes cant see or
understand that?
came to Jesus, and found the man from 10. Who do you know who
teaches other people
about who Jesus is?
What can you do to imi-
tate that person this
week?
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October 25, 2015

21st Sunday after Pentecost

JESUS CASTS OUT DEMONS

Jesus commanded the legion, or army, of unclean spirits

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Icon courtesy of Iconographics (www.theologic.com)

1. Look at the man in the drawing. He was very sick.

Icon courtesy of Iconographics (www.theologic.com)

JESUS CASTS OUT DEMONS

Procedure: Icon courtesy of Iconographics (www.theologic.com)

3. Cut a piece of construction paper in half.

9. Color the drawings.

11. Your child may hang their picture in a special place.

JESUS CASTS OUT DEMONS

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2. The man did not wear clothes. Where did he live?

4. What happened to the herd of pigs?

5. What did Jesus say the man should tell about?

6. God is more powerful than anyone or anything. If we are feeling or acting

THE GADARENE DEMONIAC

THE GADARENE DEMONIAC

THE GADARENE DEMONIAC

THE GADARENE DEMONIAC

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