Mark 5:1-7

1So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.

2When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil spirit came out from the tombs to meet him.

3This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.

4Whenever he was put into chains and shackles—as he often was—he snapped the chains from his wrists and smashed the shackles. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

5Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.

6When Jesus was still some distance away, the man saw him, ran to meet him, and bowed low before him.

7With a shriek, he screamed, “Why are you interfering with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In the name of God, I beg you, don’t torture me!”