27 When he got out on to the land, there met him a certain man from that city who had demons. For a long time he had not worn clothes and had not lived in a house, but in the tombs.

28 When he saw Jesus, he screamed and fell down before him, and in a loud voice said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of God Most High? I pray you, do not torment me."

29 For he had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and, though he was bound with chains and fetters and kept under guard, yet bursting his chains he would be driven by the demon off into the wilds.

30 Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.

31 They begged him not to bid them go away into the abyss.

32 There was near by a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain. The demons begged him to permit them to go into the swine. He gave them leave.

33 The demons left the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

34 The herdsmen, seeing what had happened, fled and told it in the city and on the farms.

35 The people came out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were struck with awe.