Mark 5:1-20 - A Demon-Possessed Gerasene Healed

¹ And they came to the opposite side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. ² And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, ³ who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could keep him bound even with chains; ⁴ because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been pulled to pieces by him, and the fetters had been broken, and no one had strength to subdue him; ⁵ and always, night and day, he was in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ And when he saw Jesus at a distance, he ran and did him homage; ⁷ and crying out with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. ⁸ For he had said to him: Unclean spirit, come out of the man.

⁹ And he asked him: What is your name? And he said to him: My name is Legion; for we are many. ¹⁰ And he earnestly besought him that he would not send them out of the country.

¹¹ Now a great herd of swine was feeding there near the mountain. ¹² And the demons besought him, saying: Send us to the swine, that we may enter into them. ¹³ And Jesus immediately gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out and entered into the swine; and the herd (they were about two thousand,) rushed down a steep place into the sea, and were strangled in the sea. ¹⁴ And those who fed them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came out to see what had been done; ¹⁵ and they came to Jesus and saw the demoniac, who had had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. ¹⁶ And those who had seen it told them how it had happened to the demoniac, and also concerning the swine. ¹⁷ And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

¹⁸ And when he had entered the ship, he that had been possessed with the demons besought him that he might be with him. ¹⁹ And he did not permit him, but said to him: Go home to your relatives, and make known to them what things the Lord has done for you, and that he has had compassion on you. ²⁰ And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what things Jesus had done for him. And all were astonished.

²⁶ And they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite to Galilee. ²⁷ And when he came out upon the land, there met him a certain man from the city, who had been possessed with demons for a long time, and who wore no clothes, and dwelt in no house, but in the tombs. ²⁸ When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice: "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, torment me not. ²⁹ For he had O; commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had often seized upon him, and he had been bound with chains and fetters, and kept in confinement; and he broke the bonds, and was driven by the demon into the deserts.

³⁰ And Jesus asked him, saying: What is your name? He answered, Legion; for many demons had entered into him. ³¹ And they be sought him, that he would not command them to -go away into the abyss.

³² And there was in that place a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. And they besought him to permit them to go into them. And he permitted them. ³³ And the demons came out of the man, and went into the swine; and the herd rushed down a steep place into the lake, and were drowned. ³⁴ And when those who fed them saw what was done, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country. ³⁵ And they came out to see what had been done; and they came to Jesus, and saw the man out of whom the demons had gone, clothed, and in his right mind, sitting at the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid. ³⁶ And those who had seen it, told them by what means the man who had been possessed with the demons, was saved. ³⁷ And the whole multitude of the neighboring country of the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear. And he entered the ship and returned.

³⁸ And the man out of whom the demons had gone, besought him that he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying: ³⁹ Return to your house, and tell what things God has done for you. And he went away, proclaiming through the whole city what Jesus had done for him.