22. Jesus answered, “Come with me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
23. After Jesus left in a boat with his disciples,
24. a terrible storm suddenly struck the lake, and waves started splashing into their boat.Jesus was sound asleep,
25. so the disciples went over to him and woke him up. They said, “Lord, save us! We're going to drown!”
26. But Jesus replied, “Why are you so afraid? You don't have much faith.” Then he got up and ordered the wind and the waves to calm down. And everything was calm.
27. The men in the boat were amazed and said, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him.”
28. After Jesus had crossed the lake, he came to shore near the town of Gadara and started down the road. Two men with demons in them came to him from the tombs. They were so fierce that no one could travel that way.
29. Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?”
30. Not far from there a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31. So the demons begged Jesus, “If you force us out, please send us into those pigs!”
32. Jesus told them to go, and they went out of the men and into the pigs. All at once the pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
33. The people taking care of the pigs ran to the town and told everything, especially what had happened to the two men.
34. Everyone in town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their part of the country.