^{27 Ref} and he having gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man, out of the city, who had demons for a long time, and with a garment was not clothed, and in a house was not abiding, but in the tombs,

^{28 Ref} and having seen Jesus, and having cried out, he fell before him, and with a loud voice, said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I beseech thee, mayest thou not afflict me!'

^{29 Ref} For he commanded the unclean spirit to come forth from the man, for many times it had caught him, and he was being bound with chains and fetters -- guarded, and breaking asunder the bonds he was driven by the demons to the deserts.

^{30 Ref} And Jesus questioned him, saying, `What is thy name?' and he said, `Legion,' (because many demons were entered into him,)

^{31 Ref} and he was calling on him, that he may not command them to go away to the abyss,

^{32 Ref} and there was there a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain, and they were calling on him, that he might suffer them to enter into these, and he suffered them,

^{33 Ref} and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.

^{34 Ref} And those feeding `them', having seen what was come to pass, fled, and having gone, told `it' to the city, and to the fields;

^{35 Ref} and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

^{36 Ref} and those also having seen `it', told them how the demoniac was saved.

^{27 Ref} And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

^{28 Ref} And when he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry and went down on the earth before him and in a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Do not be cruel to me.

^{29 Ref} For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

^{30 Ref} And Jesus said to him, What is your name? And he said, Legion; for a number of spirits had gone into him.

^{31 Ref} And they made a request to him that he would not give them an order to go away into the deep.

^{32 Ref} Now there was a great herd of pigs in that place, getting food on the mountain: and the evil spirits made a request to him that he would let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

^{33 Ref} And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the water and came to destruction.

^{34 Ref} And when the men who took care of them saw what had come about, they went quickly and gave news of it in the town and the country.

^{35 Ref} And they went out to see what had taken place, and they came to Jesus and saw the man out of whom the evil spirits had gone, seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, at the feet of Jesus; and fear came on them.

^{36 Ref} And those who had seen it gave them an account of how the man who had the evil spirits was made well.