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.”
8 He shouted this because Jesus said, “You evil spirit, come out of the man.”
9 Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”He told Jesus, “My name is Legion [Six Thousand], because there are many of us.”
10 He begged Jesus not to send them out of the territory.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside nearby.