1. THEY CAME to the other side of the sea to the region of the Gerasenes.
2. And as soon as He got out of the boat, there met Him out of the tombs a man [under the power] of an unclean spirit.
3. This man continually lived among the tombs, and no one could subdue him any more, even with a chain;
4. For he had been bound often with shackles for the feet and handcuffs, but the handcuffs of [light] chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he rubbed and ground together and broke in pieces; and no one had strength enough to restrain or tame him.
5. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always shrieking and screaming and beating and bruising and cutting himself with stones.
6. And when from a distance he saw Jesus, he ran and fell on his knees before Him in homage,
7. And crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have You to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What is there in common between us?] I solemnly implore you by God, do not begin to torment me!
8. For Jesus was commanding, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!