²⁶They landed in the region of the Gerasenes across from Galilee. ²⁷When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a certain man from the city met him. The man was possessed by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He would not stay in a house but lived in the tombs. ²⁸When he saw Jesus, he shouted, fell in front of him, and said in a loud voice, “Why are you bothering me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!” ²⁹Jesus ordered the evil spirit to come out of the man. (The evil spirit had controlled the man for a long time. People had kept him under guard. He was chained hand and foot. But he would break the chains. Then the demon would force him to go into the desert.)

³⁰Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”

He answered, “Legion ^[Six Thousand^[.” (Many demons had entered him.) ³¹The demons begged Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

³²A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside. The demons begged Jesus to let them enter those pigs. So he let them do this. ³³The demons came out of the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.

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[Proper names or foreign words whose meaning is significant for understanding a particular Bible passage are translated in brackets following the name or phrase