Luke 8:19-33
English Standard Version
Chapter 8
19Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 20And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, desiring to see you." 21But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."
22One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out,
23and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger.
24And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
25He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?"
26Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.
27When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs.
28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me."
29For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.)
30Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion," for many demons had entered him.
31And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.
32Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.
33Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
