Marcos 5

Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man

1 Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the *5:1 Gadarenes 95% ¦ Gergesenes ANT 4% ¦ Gerasenes CT 0.3%Gadarenes. 2 As Jesus got out of the boat, he was immediately met by a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit. 3 This man lived among the tombs, and no one could bind *5:3 him ¦ him anymore CThim, not even with chains. 4 For he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he tore the chains apart and broke the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day, *5:5 on the mountains and among the tombs ¦ among the tombs and on the mountains ANT CT PCKon the mountains and among the tombs, he would continually cry out and cut himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. 7 Then he cried out with a loud voice and said, "What do yoʋ have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure yoʋ by God, do not torment me." 8 For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of the man, yoʋ unclean spirit!" 9 Then Jesus asked him, "What is yoʋr name?" He *5:9 answered ¦ said to him CTanswered, "My name is Legion, for we are many." 10 And he earnestly begged Jesus not to send them out of that region.

11 Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the *5:11 mountain ¦ mountains TRmountain. 12 *5:12 All the demons ¦ They CTAll the demons begged Jesus, "Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them." 13 So he *5:13 immediately ¦ --- CTimmediately gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.

14 Those who had been feeding the pigs then ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside. So the people went out to see what had happened.