| 28When Jesus came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs. They were so fierce that no one could pass by that way. | 1Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes. 2As Jesus got out of the boat, he was immediately met by a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit. 3This man lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him, not even with chains. 4For he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he tore the chains apart and broke the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5Night and day, on the mountains and among the tombs, he would continually cry out and cut himself with stones. | 26Then they sailed to the region of the Gadarenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the city who had been possessed by demons for a long time. This man did not wear clothes or live in a house but among the tombs. |
| 29And behold, they cried out, “What do you have to do with us, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” | 6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. 7Then he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.” 8For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!” 9Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He answered, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” 10And he earnestly begged Jesus not to send them out of that region. | 28When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, “What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, but he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into desolate places. 30Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. 31And he begged Jesus not to command them to go away into the abyss. |
| 30Now at a distance from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding. 31So the demons begged Jesus, “If you cast us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.” 32He said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the herd of pigs, and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water. 33Those who had been feeding the pigs then ran off, went into the city, and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34aAnd behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus. | 11Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain. 12All the demons begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.” 13So he immediately gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea. 14Those who had been feeding the pigs then ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside. So the people went out to see what had happened. 15They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind—the man who had been possessed by the “Legion”—and they were afraid. 16Those who had seen it told them what had happened to the man who had been possessed by demons, and they also told them about the pigs. | 32Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding there on the mountain. The demons begged Jesus to permit them to enter the pigs. So he gave them permission. 33Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned. 34When those who had been feeding the pigs saw what happened, they ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside. 35So the people came out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36Those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been delivered. |
| 34bAnd when they saw him, they begged him to depart from their region. | 17Then the people began begging Jesus to depart from their region. 18When Jesus got into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged to go with him. 19But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your house and to your people, and report to them all that the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.” 20So the man went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and all the people were amazed. | 37Then the entire multitude from the surrounding region of the Gadarenes asked Jesus to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left. 38Now the man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, 39“Return to your house, and declare all that God has done for you.” So the man went away, proclaiming throughout the entire city all that Jesus had done for him. |
