1. They came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes.
2. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him.
3. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain.
4. In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
5. Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones.
6. Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him,
7. crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”
8. (He had been saying to him, “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”)
9. He asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Legion is my name. There are many of us.”
10. And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory.