Mark 5:1-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Demons Driven Out by the Master

5 Then^(A) they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes.^{[a] 2} As soon as He got out of the boat, a man with an unclean^(B) spirit^(C) came out of the tombs^(D) and met Him. ³ He lived in the tombs.^(E) No one was able to restrain him anymore—even with chains^(F)— ⁴ because he often had been bound with shackles and chains, but had snapped off the chains and smashed^(G) the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue^(H) him. ⁵ And always, night^(I) and day, he was crying out among the tombs^(J) and in the mountains^(K) 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,^[b] Jesus, Son^(L) of the Most High God?^(M) I beg^[c] You before God, don’t torment^(N) me!” ⁸ For He had told him, “Come out of the man, you unclean^(O) spirit!”^(P)