1 And they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when He had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one was able to bind him, not even with chains,
4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.
5 And continually, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones.
6 And when he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and did homage to Him.
7 And he cried out with a loud voice and said, What have I to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God that You do not torment me.
8 For He said to him, Come out of the man, unclean spirit.
9 And He asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion; for we are many.
10 He also begged Him earnestly that He would not send them out of the country.
11 Now a large herd of swine was feeding there near the mountains.
12 So all the demons begged Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And Jesus immediately gave them permission. And the unclean spirits went out and entered the swine (there were about two thousand); and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the sea, and drowned in the sea.
14 And those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.