29. This was because Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times the spirit had taken hold of him. His hands and feet were chained, and he was kept under guard. But he had broken his chains. And then the demon had forced him to go out into lonely places in the countryside.
30. Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
31. And they begged Jesus again and again not to order them to go into the Abyss.
32. A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs. And he allowed it.