^{1 Ref} And they came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes.

^{2 Ref} And when he was come out of the boat, straightway there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

^{3 Ref} who had his dwelling in the tombs: and no man could any more bind him, no, not with a chain;

^{4 Ref} because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

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

^{6 Ref} And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him;

^{7 Ref} and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

^{8 Ref} For he said unto him, Come forth, thou unclean spirit, out of the man.

^{9 Ref} And he asked him, What is thy name? And he saith unto him, My name is Legion; for we are many.

^{10 Ref} And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.

^{11 Ref} Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.

^{12 Ref} And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

^{13 Ref} 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 Ref} And they that fed 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 Ref} And they come to Jesus, and behold him that was possessed with demons sitting, clothed and in his right mind, `even' him that had the legion: and they were afraid.

¹⁶ And they that saw it declared unto them how it befell him that was possessed with demons, and concerning the swine.

^{17 Ref} And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.

^{18 Ref} And as he was entering into the boat, he that had been possessed with demons besought him that he might be with him.

^{19 Ref} And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and `how' he had mercy on thee.

^{20 Ref} And he went his way, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men marvelled.