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.15 And they come to Jesus, and look at him who was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, [even] him who had the legion: and they were afraid.16 And those who saw it declared to them how it befell him who was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.17 And they began to urge him to depart from their borders.18 And as he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed with demons implored him that he might be with him.19 And he did not allow him, but says to him, Go to your house to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and [how] he had mercy on you.20 And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him: and all men marveled.