Mark 5:1–21

The Gerasene Demoniac

^1aThey came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

²When He got out of ^athe boat, immediately a man from the tombs ^bwith an unclean spirit met Him,

³and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

⁴because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

⁵Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones.

⁶Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;

⁷and shouting with a loud voice, he said, “^1aWhat business do we have with each other, Jesus, ^bSon of ^cthe Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”

⁸For He had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”

⁹And He was asking him, “What is your name?” And he said to Him, “My name is ^aLegion; for we are many.”

¹⁰And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country.

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

¹²The demons implored Him, saying, “Send us into the swine so that we may enter them.”

¹³Jesus 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.

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

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

¹⁶Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the ^ademon-possessed man, and all about the swine.

¹⁷And they began to ^aimplore Him to leave their region.

^18aAs He was getting into the boat, the man who had been ^bdemon-possessed was imploring 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 ^aproclaim in ^bDecapolis ¹what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed.

Miracles and Healing

^21aWhen Jesus had crossed over again in ^bthe boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He ¹stayed ^cby the seashore.