²⁶They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes,^b which is across the lake from Galilee. ²⁷When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. ²⁸When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,^p Jesus, Son of the Most High God?^q I beg you, don’t torture me!” ²⁹For Jesus had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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

“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. ³¹And they begged Jesus repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.^r

³²A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. ³³When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake^s and was drowned.

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Footnotes

bSome manuscripts Gadarenes; other manuscripts Gergesenes; also in verse 37

Cross references

pSee Mt 8:29
qSee Mk 5:7
r Rev 9:1, 2, 11; 11:7; 17:8; 20:1, 3
sver 22, 23