Mark 5:1-20

Coverdale(i) 1 And they came ouer vnto the other syde of the see in to the countre of the Gaderenites. 2 And whan he wete out of the shippe, there met him a ma possessed of an vncleane sprete, 3 which had his dwellinge in the graues. And no man coude bynde hym, no not with cheynes: 4 for he was oft bounde with fetters & cheynes, and pluckte the cheynes in sunder, and brake the fetters in peces, and no man coude tame him. 5 And he was allwaye both daye and night vpon the mountaynes and in the graues crienge, and beatinge him self with stones. 6 But whan he sawe Iesus afarre of, he ranne, and fell downe before him, 7 and cried loude, and sayde: What haue I to do with the O Iesus thou sonne of ye Hyest God? I charge the by God, that thou torment me not. 8 Neuertheles he sayde vnto him: Go out of the man thou foule sprete. 9 And he axed him: What is thy name? And he answered and sayde: My name is Legion, for there be many of vs. 10 And he prayed him instantly, that he wolde not sende them awaye out of that countre. 11 And euen there in the mountaynes there was a greate heerd of swyne fedynge, 12 and all the deuyls praied him, and sayde: Let vs departe in to the swyne. 13 And anone Iesus gaue them leue. Then the foule spretes wente out, and intred in to the swyne. And the heerd of swyne, ranne heedlinges in to ye see with a storme. They were aboute a two thousande swyne, and were drowned in the see. 14 And the swyneherdes fled, and tolde it in the cite, and in the countre. And they wente out for to se what had happened, 15 and came to Iesus, and sawe hym which was possessed and had had ye legion, that he sat, and was clothed, and in his right mynde, and they were afrayed. 16 And they that had sene it, tolde them what had happened to the possessed, and of the swyne. 17 And they beganne to praye him, that he wolde departe out of their coastes. 18 And whan he came in to the shyppe, the possessed prayed him, that he might be with him. 19 Neuertheles Iesus wolde not suffre hi, but saide vnto hi: Go i to yi house & to thine awne, and tell the how greate benefites the LORDE hath done for ye, and how he hath had mercy vpon the. 20 And he wente his waye, and beganne to publish in the ten cities how greate benefites Iesus had done for him. And euery man marueyled.