1 Jesus and his followers went across the lake to the area where the Gerasene people lived.
2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man came to him from the caves where the dead are buried. This man had an evil spirit living inside him.
3 He lived in the burial caves. No one could keep him tied up, even with chains.
4 Many times people had put chains on his hands and feet, but he broke the chains. No one was strong enough to control him.
5 Day and night he stayed around the burial caves and on the hills. He would scream and cut himself with rocks.