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.
11. A large herd of pigs was eating on a hill near there.
12. The evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.”
13. So Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of pigs rushed down the hill into the lake and were drowned. There were about 2,000 pigs in that herd.