12. The evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.”
13. So Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of pigs ran down the hill and into the lake. They were all drowned. There were about 2000 pigs in that herd.
14. The men who had the work of caring for the pigs ran away. They ran to the town and to the farms and told everyone what happened. The people went out to see.
15. They came to Jesus, and they saw the man who had the many evil spirits. He was sitting down and was wearing clothes. He was in his right mind again. When they saw this, they were afraid.
16. Those who had seen what Jesus did told the others what happened to the man who had the demons living in him. And they also told about the pigs.