Mark 5:1-8 ▼

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

2 As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met Him.

3 He lived in the tombs. No one was able to restrain him anymore  — even with chains —

4 because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 And always , night and day, he was crying out among the tombs and in the mountains and cutting himself with stones.

6 When he saw Jesus from a distance , he ran and knelt down before Him.

7 And he cried out with a loud voice, “ What do You have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God, don’t torment me! ”

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