Mark 5:11–20

¹¹Now there was a large herd of swine feeding ¹nearby on the mountain.

¹²And the demons pleaded with Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

¹³And Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea.

¹⁴And their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside. And the people came to see what it was that had happened.

¹⁵And they ^*came to Jesus and ^*observed the ^ademon-possessed man sitting down, ^bclothed and ^cin his right mind, the very man who had the “^dlegion”; and they became frightened.

¹⁶And those who had seen it recounted to them how this had happened to the ^ademon-possessed man, and all about the swine.

¹⁷And they began to ^aplead with Him to leave their region.

^18aAnd as He was getting into the boat, the man who had been ^bdemon-possessed was pleading with Him that he might ¹accompany Him.

¹⁹And He did not let him, but He ^*said to him, “^aGo home to your people and report to them ¹what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

²⁰And he went away and began to ^apreach in the ^bDecapolis ¹what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was marveling.