1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. |
2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, |
3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: |
4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. |
5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. |
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, |
7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. |
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. |
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. |
10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. |
11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. |
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. |
