9 (NIV) Then Jesus asked
him, "What is your name?" "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are
many." 10 And he begged Jesus again and again
not to send them out of the area. 11 A large
herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.
12 The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them." 13 He gave them
permission, and the evil spirits came out and
went into the pigs. The herd, about two
thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank
into the lake and were drowned. 14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and
countryside, and the people went out to see what
had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus,
they saw the man who had been possessed by the
legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in
his right mind; and they were afraid.