The Gerasene Demoniac

Wycliffe's Bible (Modern Spelling)

Mat 8:28–34

28 And when he was come over the water into the country of men of Gergesenes, two men met him, that had devils, and came out of graves, full mad, or going out from burials, full fierce, or wicked, so that no man might go by that way.
29 And lo! they cried, and said, What to us and to thee, Jesus, the Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us?
30 And not far from them was a flock of many swine or a drove of many hogs pasturing.
31 And the devils prayed him, and said, If thou castest out us from hence, send us into the drove of swine or hogs.
32 And he said to them, Go ye. And they went out, and went into the swine or the hogs; and lo! in a great rush all the drove went headlong into the sea, and they were dead in the waters.
33 And the herders fled away, and came into the city, and told all these things, and of them that had the fiends or the devils.
34 And lo! all the city went out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they prayed him, that he would pass from their coasts.

Mrk 5:1–20

1 And they came over the sea into the country of Gadarenes.
2 And after that he was gone out of the boat, anon a man in an unclean spirit ran out of the burials to him.
3 Which man had an house in burials or in graves, and neither with chains now might any man bind him.
4 For oft times he was bound in stocks and chains, and he had broken the chains, and had broken the stocks to small gobbets, and no man might make him tame or might tame him.
5 And evermore, night and day, in burials, and in hills, he was crying and beating himself with stones.
6 And he saw Jesus afar, and ran, and worshipped him.
7 And he cried with great voice, and said, What to me and to thee, thou Jesus, the Son of the highest God? I conjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 And Jesus said to him, Thou unclean spirit, go out from the man.
9 And Jesus asked him, What is thy name? And he saith to him, A legion is my name; for we be many.
10 And he prayed Jesus much, that he should not put them out of the country.
11 And there was there about the hill a great flock of swine or a great drove of hogs pasturing.
12 And the spirits prayed Jesus, and said, Send us into the swine or into the hogs, that we enter into them.
13 And anon Jesus granted to them. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine or the hogs, and with a great rush the flock was cast headlong into the sea, a two thousand, and they were drenched or drowned in the sea.
14 And they that kept or fed them, fled, and told into the city, and into the fields; and they went out, to see what was done.
15 And they came to Jesus, and saw him that had been travailed of the fiend, sitting clothed, and of whole mind; and they dreaded.
16 And they that saw, how it was done to him that had a fiend, and of the swine or the hogs, told to them.
17 And they began to pray him, that he should go away from their coasts.
18 And when he went up into a boat, he that was travailed of the devil, began to pray him, that he should be with him.
19 But Jesus received him not, but said to him, Go thou into thine house to thine, and tell to them, how great things the Lord hath done to thee, and had mercy of thee.
20 And he went forth, and began to preach in Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done to him; and all men wondered.

Luk 8:26–39

26 And they rowed to the country of Gadarenes, that is against Galilee.
27 And when he went out to the land, a man ran to him, that had a devil now long time, and he was not clothed with cloth, neither dwelled in house, but in sepulchres.
28 This, when he saw Jesus, fell down before him, and he crying with a great voice said, What to me and to thee, Jesus, the Son of the Highest God? I beseech thee, that thou torment me not.
29 For he commanded the unclean spirit, that he should go out from the man. For he took him oft times, and he was bound with chains, and kept in stocks, and when the bonds were broken, he was led of the devil into desert.
30 And Jesus asked him, and said, What name is to thee? And he said, A legion; for many devils were or had entered into him.
31 And they prayed him, that he should not command them, that they should go into hell or into the deep-ness.
32 And there was a flock of many swine or many hogs pasturing in an hill, and they prayed him, that he should suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
33 And so the devils went out from the man, and entered into the swine or the hogs; and with a rush the flock went headlong into the pool or into the lake of water, and was drenched or drowned.
34 And when the herders saw this thing done, they fled, and told into the city, and into the towns.
35 And they went out to see that thing that was done. And they came to Jesus, and they found the man sitting clothed, from whom the devils went out, and in whole mind at his feet; and they dreaded.
36 And they that saw told to them, how he was made whole of the legion.
37 And all the multitude of the country of Gadarenes prayed him, that he should go from them, for they were held with great dread. And he went up into a boat, and turned again.
38 And the man of whom the devils were gone out or of whom the fiends went out, prayed him, that he should be with him. Soothly Jesus let him go, and said,
39 Go again into thine house, and tell how great things God hath done to thee. And he went through all the city, and preached, how great things Jesus had done to him.