| These references come from the
New International Version of the bible (www.thebible.com).
As time permits, I will add several other biblical versions as
there are often interesting nuances in the translations. Mark 5
1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.
2
When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an evil spirit came from the
tombs to meet
him.
3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him any
more, not even with a chain.
4
For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart
and broke the
irons
on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5
Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut
himself with
stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his
knees in front of him.
7
He shouted at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son
of the Most
High
God? Swear to God that you won't torture me!"
8 For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of this man, you
evil spirit!"
9
Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he
replied, "for we
are
many."
10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out
of the area.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
12 The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs;
allow us to go into them."
13
He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the
pigs. The herd,
about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and
were
drowned.
14
Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and
countryside, and the
people
went out to see what had happened.
15
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the
legion of
demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were
afraid.
16
Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the
demon-possessed man-
-and
told about the pigs as well.
17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their
region. |
