Mark 5:1-13 ▼

1 And they came ouer vnto the other syde of the see in to the countre of the Gaderenites.

2 And whan he wete out of the shippe, there met him a ma possessed of an vncleane sprete,

3 which had his dwellinge in the graues. And no man coude bynde hym, no not with cheynes:

4 for he was oft bounde with fetters & cheynes, and pluckte the cheynes in sunder, and brake the fetters in peces, and no man coude tame him.

5 And he was allwaye both daye and night vpon the mountaynes and in the graues crienge, and beatinge him self with stones.

6 But whan he sawe Iesus afarre of, he ranne, and fell downe before him,

7 and cried loude, and sayde: What haue I to do with the O Iesus thou sonne of ye Hyest God? I charge the by God, that thou torment me not.

8 Neuertheles he sayde vnto him: Go out of the man thou foule sprete.

9 And he axed him: What is thy name? And he answered and sayde: My name is Legion, for there be many of vs.

10 And he prayed him instantly, that he wolde not sende them awaye out of that countre.

11 And euen there in the mountaynes there was a greate heerd of swyne fedynge,

12 and all the deuyls praied him, and sayde: Let vs departe in to the swyne.

13 And anone Iesus gaue them leue. Then the foule spretes wente out, and intred in to the swyne. And the heerd of swyne, ranne heedlinges in to ye see with a storme. They were aboute a two thousande swyne, and were drowned in the see.