As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean(A) spirit(B) came out of the tombs(C) and met Him. He lived in the tombs.(D) No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains(E) because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed(F) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue(G) him. And always, night(H) and day, he was crying out among the tombs(I) and in the mountains(J) and cutting himself with stones.

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him. And he cried out with a loud voice, “What do You have to do with me,[a] Jesus, Son(K) of the Most High God?(L) I beg[b] You before God, don’t torment(M) me!” For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean(N) spirit!”(O)

“What is your name?” He asked him.

“My name is Legion,”[c](P) he answered Him, “because we are many.” 10 And he kept begging Him not to send them out of the region.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 5:7 Lit What to me and to You
  2. Mark 5:7 Or adjure
  3. Mark 5:9 A Roman legion contained up to 6,000 soldiers; here legion indicates a large number.

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