Mark 5:1-8 ▼

1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.

2 When Jesus got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,

3 and the man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with chains.

4 For he had often been bound with shackles [for the feet] and with chains, and he tore apart the chains and broke the shackles into pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue and tame him.

5 Night and day he was constantly screaming and shrieking among the tombs and on the mountains, and cutting himself with [sharp] stones.

6 Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him [in homage];

7 and screaming with a loud voice, he said, “What business do we have in common with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God [swear to me], do not torment me!”

8 For Jesus had been saying to him, “Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!”