Begging

Luke 8:26-39 ESV

26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 When 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. 28 When 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.” 29 For 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.) 30 Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said,

“Legion,

” for many demons had entered him. 31 And they begged him not to command them to depart into

the abyss. 32 Now 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. 33 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and

the herd rushed down the steep bank int the lake and drowned. 34 When the herdsmen saw what had

happened, they fled and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then people went out to see what had

happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone, sitting at the feet of

Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. 36 And those who had seen it told them how the

demon-possessed man had been healed. 37 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes

asked him to depart from them, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. 38

The man from whom the demons had gone betted that he might be with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

39 “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” And he went away, proclaiming

throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.