12. "Send us into the pigs!" they begged. "Let us go into the pigs!"
13. Jesus gave them permission, so the unclean spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned.
14. Those who tended the pigs ran away and told the story in the city and in the countryside. People came to see what had happened.
15. They came to Jesus and saw the man who used to be demon-possessed. They saw the very man who had been filled with many demons sitting there fully dressed and completely sane, and they were filled with awe.
16. Those who had actually seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man told the others about the pigs.
17. Then they pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.