Jesus and his disciples arrived on the other side of Lake Galilee, in the territory of Gerasa.

and lived among the tombs. Nobody could keep him tied with chains any more;

Day and night he wandered among the tombs and through the hills, screaming and cutting himself with stones.

and screamed in a loud voice, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? For God's sake, I beg you, don't punish me!"

So Jesus asked him, "What is your name!" The man answered, "My name is 'Mob'---there are so many of us!"

There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside.

He let them go, and the evil spirits went out of the man and entered the pigs. The whole herd---about two thousand pigs in all---rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.

and when they came to Jesus, they saw the man who used to have the mob of demons in him. He was sitting there, clothed and in his right mind; and they were all afraid.

So they asked Jesus to leave their territory.

But Jesus would not let him. Instead, he told him, "Go back home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how kind he has been to you."

Jesus and his disciples sailed on over to the territory of Gerasa, which is across the lake from Galilee.

When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!"

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "My name is 'Mob,' " he answered---because many demons had gone into him.

There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

The men who had been taking care of the pigs saw what happened, so they ran off and spread the news in the town and among the farms.

Those who had seen it told the people how the man had been cured.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus, "Let me go with you." But Jesus sent him away, saying,

You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.

Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."

"The LORD your God will bring you into the land that you are going to occupy, and he will drive many nations out of it. As you advance, he will drive out seven nations larger and more powerful than you: the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, he was met by a man who came out of the burial caves there. This man had an evil spirit in him

many times his feet and his hands had been tied, but every time he broke the chains and smashed the irons on his feet. He was too strong for anyone to control him.

As Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a man from the town who had demons in him. For a long time this man had gone without clothes and would not stay at home, but spent his time in the burial caves.

He said this because Jesus had ordered the evil spirit to go out of him. Many times it had seized him, and even though he was kept a prisoner, his hands and feet tied with chains, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon out into the desert.

In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, caravans no longer went through the land, and travelers used the back roads.