Mark 5:1–21

Demons are Cast into Swine

Matt. 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–39

5Then ^athey came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the ¹Gadarenes. ²And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an ^bunclean spirit, ³who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind ²him, not even with chains, ⁴because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. ⁵And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped Him. ⁷And he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I ^cimplore ³You by God that You do not torment me.”

⁸For He said to him, ^d “Come out of the man, unclean spirit!” ⁹Then He asked him, “What is your name?”

And he answered, saying, “My name is Legion; for we are many.” ¹⁰Also he begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.

¹¹Now a large herd of ^eswine was feeding there near the mountains. ¹²So all the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us to the swine, that we may enter them.” ¹³And ⁴at once Jesus gave them permission. Then the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.

¹⁴So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵Then they came to Jesus, and saw the one who had been ^fdemon-possessed and had the legion, ^gsitting and ^hclothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. ¹⁶And those who saw it told them how it happened to him who had been demon-possessed, and about the swine. ¹⁷Then ⁱthey began to plead with Him to depart from their region.

¹⁸And when He got into the boat, ^jhe who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him. ¹⁹However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.” ²⁰And he departed and began to ^kproclaim in ⁵Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him; and all ^lmarveled.

Jairus Pleads for His Daughter

Matt. 9:18, 19; Luke 8:41, 42

^21mNow when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to Him; and He was by the sea.