Mark 5:11–20

¹¹Now a large herd of pigs ^rwas there, feeding ^son the hillside. ¹²The demons ^tbegged Him, “Send us to the pigs, so we may enter them.” ¹³And He gave them permission. Then the unclean ^uspirits ^vcame out and entered the pigs, and the herd of about 2,000 rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned there. ¹⁴The men who tended them ^wran off ^xand reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened. ¹⁵They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed ^yby the legion, ^zsitting there, dressed and in his right mind; ^aand they were afraid. ^b16The eyewitnesses described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed ^cman and told about the pigs. ¹⁷Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.

¹⁸As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him. ¹⁹But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord ^dhas done ^efor you and how He has had mercy on you.” ²⁰So he went out and began to proclaim ^fin the Decapolis ^ghow much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed. ^h