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Mark 5:11-17 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

11. And in that place, near the mountain, there was a great herd of swine, feeding.

12. And the spirits entreated him, saying: "Send us into the swine, so that we may enter into them."

13. And Jesus promptly gave them permission. And the unclean spirits, departing, entered into the swine. And the herd of about two thousand rushed down with great force into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.

14. Then those who pastured them fled, and they reported it in the city and in the countryside. And they all went out to see what was happening.

15. And they came to Jesus. And they saw the man who had been troubled by the demon, sitting, clothed and with a sane mind, and they were afraid.

16. And those who had seen it explained to them how he had dealt with the man who had the demon, and about the swine.

17. And they began to petition him, so that he would withdraw from their borders.