Mark 5:1-8 ▼

1 Then they came to the other side of the sea, into the region of the Gerasenes.

2 And when He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him,

3 who had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain;

4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 And constantly, night and day, among the tombs and in the mountains, he was screaming and gashing himself with stones.

6 And seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him;

7 and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What do I have to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!”

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