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

¹ And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. ² And [as] he was getting out of the boat, immediately from the tombs a man with an unclean spirit went to meet him, ³ who {lived} among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him any longer, not even with a chain, ⁴ because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the shackles had been shattered. And no one was strong [enough] to subdue him. ⁵ And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ And [when he] saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before him. ⁷ And crying out with a loud voice he said, "{What have I to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!" ⁸ (For he was saying to him, "Come out of the man, unclean spirit!")

⁹ And he was asking him "{What is your name}?" And he said to him, "My name [is] Legion, because we are many." ¹⁰ And he was imploring him many [times] that he would not send them out of the region.

¹¹ Now a large herd of pigs was there at the hill feeding, ¹² and they implored him, saying, "Send us to the pigs so that we may enter into them." ¹³ And he permitted them. And the unclean spirits came out [and] entered into the pigs, and the herd--about two thousand--rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea. ¹⁴ And their herdsmen fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside, and they came to see what it was that had happened. ¹⁵ And they came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind--the one who had had the legion--and they were afraid. ¹⁶ And those who had seen [it] described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man, and about the pigs. ¹⁷ And they began to urge him to depart from their region.

¹⁸ And [as] he was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed began to implore him that he could go with him. ¹⁹ And he did not permit him, but said to him, "Go to your home to your [people] and tell them all that the Lord has done for you, and [that] he has had mercy on you." ²⁰ And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and they were all astonished.

²⁶ And they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. ²⁷ And [as] he got out on the land, a certain man from the town met [him] who had demons and for a considerable time had not worn clothes and did not live in a house, but among the tombs. ²⁸ And [when he] saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "{What do I have to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!" ²⁹ For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, and he was bound with chains and shackles [and] was guarded, and breaking the bonds he would be driven by the demon into the deserted places.)

³⁰ So Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," because many demons had entered into him. ³¹ And they began imploring him that he would not order them to depart into the abyss.

³² Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there on the hill, and they implored him that he would permit them to enter into those [pigs]. And he permitted them. ³³ So the demons came out of the man [and] entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned. ³⁴ And [when] the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported [it] in the town and in the countryside. ³⁵ So they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting [there] clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid. ³⁶ And those who had seen [it] reported to them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed. ³⁷ And all the people of the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, because they had been seized with great fear. So he got into the boat [and] returned.

³⁸ And the man from who the demons had gone out was begging him to stay with him, but he sent him away, saying, ³⁹ "Return to your home and tell all that God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.