1. They went across the Sea of Galilee to the area of the Gerasenes.
2. Jesus got out of the boat. A man with an evil spirit came from the tombs to meet him.
3. The man lived in the tombs. No one could keep him tied up anymore. Not even a chain could hold him.
4. His hands and feet had often been chained. But he tore the chains apart. And he broke the iron cuffs on his ankles. No one was strong enough to control him.
5. Night and day he screamed among the tombs and in the hills. He cut himself with stones.
6. When he saw Jesus a long way off, he ran to him. He fell on his knees in front of him.
7. He shouted at the top of his voice, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? Promise before God that you won't hurt me!"
8. This was because Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you evil spirit!"
9. Then Jesus asked the demon, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied. "There are many of us."
10. And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11. A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.