²³As he got into the boat,^d his disciples^e followed him. ²⁴Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves—but Jesus kept sleeping. ²⁵So the disciples came and woke him up, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!”

²⁶He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea,^f and there was a great calm.

²⁷The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey^g him!”

DEMONS DRIVEN OUT BY JESUS

²⁸When he had come to the other side,^h to the region of the Gadarenes,^E two demon-possessed men met him as they came out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. ²⁹Suddenly they shouted, “What do you have to do with us,^F Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”ⁱ

³⁰A long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding. ³¹“If you drive us out,” the demons begged him, “send us into the herd of pigs.”

³²“Go!” he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water. ³³Then the men who tended them fled. They went into the city and reported everything, especially what had happened to those who were demon-possessed. ³⁴At that, the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.^j

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Footnotes

EOther read Gergesenes
FOther add Jesus

Cross references

d Mk 4:36–41; Lk 8:22–25; Jn 6:16–21
e Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16
f Ps 65:7; 89:9; 107:29; Mt 6:30; Lk 4:39
g Mk 1:27; Lk 5:9
h Mk 5:1–17; Lk 8:26–37
i Jdg 11:12; 2Sm 16:10; Mk 1:24; Lk 4:34; Jn 2:4; Ac 8:7
j 1Kg 17:18; Lk 5:8; Ac 16:39