28. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him; in a loud voice he shouted, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!”
29. For he had ordered the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (It had taken hold of him many times, and he used to be bound with chains and shackles as a restraint, but he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)
30. Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Legion,” because many demons had entered him.
31. And they pleaded with him not to order them to depart to the abyss.
32. A herd of many swine was feeding there on the hillside, and they pleaded with him to allow them to enter those swine; and he let them.
33. The demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
34. When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside.
35. People came out to see what had happened and, when they approached Jesus, they discovered the man from whom the demons had come out sitting at his feet. He was clothed and in his right mind, and they were seized with fear.
36. Those who witnessed it told them how the possessed man had been saved.