Mark 5:11–20

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.