Mark 5:1-7

1They arrived in the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.

2As Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man came out of the tombs and met him. The man was controlled by an evil spirit

3and lived among the tombs. No one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain.

4He had often been chained hand and foot. However, he snapped the chains off his hands and broke the chains from his feet. No one could control him.

5Night and day he was among the tombs and on the mountainsides screaming and cutting himself with stones.

6The man saw Jesus at a distance. So he ran ⌞to Jesus⌟, bowed down in front of him,

7and shouted, “Why are you bothering me now, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won’t torture me.”