Mark 5

¹And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

²And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

³He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

⁴Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

⁵And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

⁶And when he saw Jesus from far off, he went quickly to him and gave him worship;

⁷And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.

⁸For Jesus had said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.

⁹And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

¹⁰And he made strong prayers to him not to send them away out of the country.

¹¹Now on the mountain side there was a great herd of pigs getting their food.

¹²And they said to him, Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.

¹³And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.