²⁷And when he was come forth to the land, there met him a certain man who had a devil now a very long time. And he wore no clothes: neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres.

²⁸And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.

²⁹For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For many times it seized him: and he was bound with chains and kept in fetters: and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the deserts.

³⁰And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: Legion. Because many devils were entered into him.

³¹And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

³²And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

³³The devils therefore went out of the man and entered into the swine. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were stifled.

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