12. And they pleaded with him, “Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.”
13. And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned.
14. The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened.
15. As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear.
16. Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine.
17. Then they began to beg him to leave their district.
18. As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him.