14. The men who tended them ran off and reported it in the town and the countryside, and people went to see what had happened.
15. They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been demon-possessed by the legion, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
16. The eyewitnesses described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and told about the pigs.
17. Then they began to beg Him to leave their region.
18. As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed kept begging Him to be with Him.
19. But He would not let him; instead, He told him, “Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you.”
20. So he went out and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.
21. When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea.