Mark 5:1-7

1Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the lake. They came to a place where the Gerasene people lived.

2Jesus got out of the boat. Immediately, a man with a bad spirit in him came to him. This man lived outside, among some graves. He was very strong and nobody could hold him. People often put chains around his ankles to hold him. They wanted to keep him in a safe place. But he broke the chains that held him.

5The man often walked in the place where the dead people were and on the hills. Every day and every night, he screamed and he used stones to cut himself.

6He saw Jesus a long way away and he ran to meet him. He went down on his knees in front of Jesus.

7He screamed loudly, ‘Jesus, you are the Son of the Most High God! What are you doing here? Please, promise God that you will not hurt me.’