Mark 5:1-8 ▼

1 They arrived at the other side of the sea in the territory of the Gerasenes.

2 Just as Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him.

3 He lived among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.

4 He had often been restrained with shackles and chains, but had snapped the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one could tame him.

5 He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell down in front of him,

7 screaming in a loud voice, |What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in the name of God never to torment me!|

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