Matthew 8:28-30

Contemporary English Version

Two Men with Demons in Them

(Mark 5.1-20; Luke 8.26-39)

²⁸After Jesus had crossed the lake, he came to shore near the town of Gadara^[a] and started down the road. Two men with demons in them came to him from the tombs.^[b] They were so fierce that no one could travel that way. ²⁹Suddenly they shouted, “Jesus, Son of God, what do you want with us? Have you come to punish us before our time?”

³⁰Not far from there a large herd of pigs was feeding.

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Footnotes

8.28 Gadara: Some manuscripts have “Gergesa.” Others have “Gerasa.”
8.28 tombs: It was thought that demons and evil spirits lived in tombs and in caves that were used for burying the dead.