26And they sailed toward the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.27When he came out upon the land, a man from the city who had demons met him. For a sufficient time he had put on no clothing and had not stayed in a home but among the tombs.28When he saw Jesus he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, 'What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.'29For he had ordered the unclean spirit to go out from the man. For many times it had seized him, and he was bound with chains and fetters while being kept, and tearing the bonds he was driven by the demon toward the deserted places.30Jesus questioned him, 'What is your name?' He said, 'Legion,' because many demons had entered him.31And they begged him not to command them to go away into the abyss.32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the mountain. So they begged him to let them enter those pigs, and he gave them permission.33Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.34When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the fields.35They went out to see what had happened and came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting, clothed and of sound mind, beside the feet of Jesus; and they were afraid.36Those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been saved.37Then all the multitude of the region of the Gerasenes asked him to depart from them, because they were seized with great fear. So he got into a boat and returned.38The man from whom the demons had gone out begged him to be with him, but he sent him away, saying,39'Return to your house and declare how much God has done for you.' So he went away and proclaimed throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.