1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him a man of the tombs, with an unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, no, not with chains, 4 because many times he had been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been broken in pieces by him, and the fetters shattered; neither could anyone tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and hurting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him. 7 Crying out with a loud voice, he said, What hast thou with me, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion, for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send him away out of that country. 11 Now near unto the mountains there was a great herd of swine feeding, 12 and all those devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine, and the herd fell over a cliff into the sea (they were about two thousand) and were choked in the sea.
14 And those that fed the swine fled and told it in the city and in the country. And people went out to see what it was that had happened. 15 And they come to Jesus and see him that was tormented by the demon and had the legion sitting and clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 And those that saw it told them what happened to him that had the demon and also concerning the swine. 17 And they began to plead with him to depart out of their borders. 18 And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been troubled by the demon besought him that he might be with him. 19 But Jesus suffered him not but said unto him, Go home to thy friends and family and tell them what great things the Lord has done with thee and how he has had mercy on thee. 20 And he went and began to publish in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done with him, and everyone marveled.