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

2 And when he came out of the boat, right away there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

3 who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could anymore bind him, no, not with a chain;

4 because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

5 And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshiped him;

7 and crying out with a loud voice, he says, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me.

8 For he said to him, Come forth, you unclean spirit, out of the man.

9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he says to him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

10 And he implored him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

11 Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine being shepherded.

12 And they implored him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

13 And he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered into the swine: and the herd rushed down the steep into the sea, [in number] about two thousand; and they were drowned in the sea.

14 And those who shepherded them fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they came to see what it was that had come to pass.