4 Many times people had used chains to tie the man’s hands and feet. But he always broke the chains off. No one was strong enough to control him.
5 Day and night he would wander around the burial caves and on the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.
6 While Jesus was still far away, the man saw him. He ran to Jesus and knelt down before him.
7-8 Jesus said to the man, “You evil spirit, come out of that man.”But the man shouted in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, promise God that you will not punish me!”
9 Then Jesus asked the man, “What is your name?”The man answered, “My name is Legion, because I have many spirits in me.”
10 The man begged Jesus again and again not to send the spirits out of that area.
11 A large herd of pigs was eating on a hill near there.