1 They arrived in the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.
2 As Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man came out of the tombs and met him. The man was controlled by an evil spirit
3 and lived among the tombs. No one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.
4 He had often been chained hand and foot. However, he snapped the chains off his hands and broke the chains from his feet. No one could control him.
5 Night and day he was among the tombs and on the mountainsides screaming and cutting himself with stones.
6 The man saw Jesus at a distance. So he ran ⌊to Jesus⌋, bowed down in front of him,
7 and shouted, “Why are you bothering me now, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won’t torture me.”