Mark 5:1-7

1So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes.

2Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him.

3He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain.

4For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

5Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

6When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

7Then he cried out with a loud voice, “Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God – do not torment me!”