Mark 5:2-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

² 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. ³ He lived in the tombs.^(D) No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains^(E)— ⁴ 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. ⁵ And always, night^(H) and day, he was crying out among the tombs^(I) and in the mountains^(J) and cutting himself with stones.

⁶ When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and knelt down before Him. ⁷ 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!” ⁸ For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean^(N) spirit!”^(O)

⁹ “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.