8 26 So they landed in the country of the Gergesenes, Some witnesses read: Gerasenes; others read: Gadarenes. which is opposite Galilee. 8 27 As he stepped ashore he was met by a man from the town who was possessed by devils. For a long time he had neither worn clothes nor lived in a house, but stayed among the tombs. 8 28 When he saw Jesus he cried out, and fell at his feet shouting, 'What do you want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I implore you, do not torment me.' 8 29 For Jesus was already ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many a time it had seized him, and then, for safety's sake, they would secure him with chains and fetters; but each time he broke loose, and with the devil in charge made off to the solitary places. 8 30 Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' 'Legion', he replied. This was because so many devils had taken possession of him. 8 31 And they begged him not to banish them to the Abyss. 8 32 There happened to be a large herd of pigs nearby, feeding on the hill; and the spirits begged him to let them go into these pigs. 8 33 He gave them leave; the devils came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed over the edge into the lake and were drowned.
8 34 The men in charge of them saw what had happened, and, taking to their heels, they carried the news to the town and country-side; 8 35 and the people came out to see for themselves. When they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the devils had gone out sitting at his feet clothed and in his right mind, they were afraid. 8 36 The spectators told them how the madman had been cured. 8 37 Then the whole population of the Gergesene Some witnesses read: Gerasene; others read: Gadarene. district asked him to go, for they were in the grip of a great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 8 38 The man from whom the devils had gone out begged leave to go with him; but Jesus sent him away: 8 39 'Go back home,' he said, 'and tell them everything that God has done for you.' The man went all over the town spreading the news of what Jesus had done for him.