Mark 5:1-8 ▼

1 They came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes.

2 When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him.

3 The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain.

4 In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.

5 Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones.

6 Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him,

7 crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”

8 (He had been saying to him, “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”)