In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

So the news about him spread into all areas of the region.

So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.