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They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee. When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town who was posessed by demons.<br>
1 of 17 Luke 8:26–27
For a long time this man had worn no clothes and lived not in a house, but among the tombs.<br>
2 of 17 Luke 8:27
His hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles.<br>
3 of 17 Mark 5:4
And he would be kept under guard.<br>
4 of 17 Luke 8:29
But he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.<br>
5 of 17 Mark 5:4–5
When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. Then he cried out with a loud voice, 'What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you—do not torture me!'<br>
6 of 17 Luke 8:28
'What is your name?' Jesus asked him.<br>
7 of 17 Luke 8:30
He replied, 'My name is Legion, for we are many.'<br>
8 of 17 Mark 5:9
He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them into the abyss.<br>
Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there on the hillside nearby.<br>
10 of 17 Mark 5:11
The demonic spirits begged him, 'Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them.'<br>
11 of 17 Mark 5:11
Jesus gave them permission, and the demons came out of the man.<br>
12 of 17 Luke 8:32–33
And they went into the pigs.<br>
13 of 17 Luke 8:33
Then the herd of about two thousand pigs rushed over the cliff, into the lake, and drowned.<br>
14 of 17 Mark 5:13
The men tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.<br>
15 of 17 Mark 5:14
And the people went out to see what had happened.<br>
16 of 17 Mark 5:14
When they came to Jesus, they saw the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind.<br>
17 of 17 Luke 8:35
Sermon on the Mount