4. Many times people had used chains to tie the man’s hands and feet. But he always broke the chains off. No one was strong enough to control him.
5. Day and night he would wander around the burial caves and on the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.
6. While Jesus was still far away, the man saw him. He ran to Jesus and knelt down before him.
7-8. Jesus said to the man, “You evil spirit, come out of that man.”But the man shouted in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, promise God that you will not punish me!”
9. Then Jesus asked the man, “What is your name?”The man answered, “My name is Legion, because I have many spirits in me.”
10. The man begged Jesus again and again not to send the spirits out of that area.