Mark 5:1-20

Thomson^{(i) 1} And when they arrived at the other side, in the country of the Gaderenes, ² just as he was stepping out of the vessel, there met him a man coming out from among the tombs, with an unclean spirit, ³ who made his abode in the tombs, and whom no one could confine; no, not even with chains. ⁴ For he had often been bound with fetters and chains; but he burst the chains and broke in pieces the fetters, so that none could tame him. ⁵ And he was continually, night and day, on the mountains and in the tombs, screaming, and cutting himself with stones. ⁶ But upon seeing Jesus at a distance, he ran, and prostrating himself, ⁷ cried with a loud voice, saying, What hast thou to do with me, Jesus, son of the most high God?" I conjure thee by God not to torment me? ⁸ For he had said to him, Go out of the man, thou unclean spirit. ⁹ Then he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many, ¹⁰ and earnestly intreated him not to send them out of that country. ¹¹ Now there was there on the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding, ¹² and all the demons besought him, saying, Send us to the swine that we may enter into them. ¹³ And Jesus immediately permitted them. Whereupon the unclean spirits, having gone out, entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down a precipice into the sea, [now they were about two thousand] and were drowned in the sea. ¹⁴ And they who fed the swine fled, and told the news in town and country. And the people came out to see what had happened. ¹⁵ And when they came to Jesus and saw the demoniac; him who had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind, they were terrified. ¹⁶ And when the eye witnesses told them what was done to the demoniac, and respecting the swine, ¹⁷ they began to intreat him to withdraw from their territories. ¹⁸ And as he was going on board the vessel the late demoniac besought him that he might go with him. ¹⁹ But Jesus did not permit him, but saith to him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them what the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. ²⁰ So he departed, and began to proclaim in Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him. And they were all amazed.