Mark 5

1 Ref And they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes,

2 Ref and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

3 Ref who had his dwelling in the tombs, and not even with chains was any one able to bind him,

4 Ref because that he many times with fetters and chains had been bound, and pulled in pieces by him had been the chains, and the fetters broken in pieces, and none was able to tame him,

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

6 Ref And, having seen Jesus from afar, he ran and bowed before him,

7 Ref and having called with a loud voice, he said, `What -- to me and to thee, Jesus, Son of God the Most High? I adjure thee by God, mayest thou not afflict me!'

8 Ref (for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

9 Ref and he was questioning him, `What `is' thy name?' and he answered, saying, `Legion `is' my name, because we are many;'

10 Ref and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.

11 Ref And there was there, near the mountains, a great herd of swine feeding,

12 Ref and all the demons did call upon him, saying, `Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

13 Ref and immediately Jesus gave them leave, and having come forth, the unclean spirits did enter into the swine, and the herd did rush down the steep place to the sea -- and they were about two thousand -- and they were choked in the sea.

14 Ref And those feeding the swine did flee, and told in the city, and in the fields, and they came forth to see what it is that hath been done;

15 Ref and they come unto Jesus, and see the demoniac, sitting, and clothed, and right-minded -- him having had the legion -- and they were afraid;

16 and those having seen `it', declared to them how it had come to pass to the demoniac, and about the swine;

17 Ref and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

18 Ref And he having gone into the boat, the demoniac was calling on him that he may be with him,

19 Ref and Jesus did not suffer him, but saith to him, `Go away to thy house, unto thine own `friends', and tell them how great things the Lord did to thee, and dealt kindly with thee;

20 Ref and he went away, and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did to him, and all were wondering.

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