far away.

A high cliff rose above the sea. Jesus and the disciples climbed up
and looked around. There was nothing much to see except some men
feeding a herd of pigs. In the distance was a graveyard.

Suddenly a man came running out of the graveyard. He was naked, and
his body was covered with cuts and bruises. The man was out of his
mind, and he lived by himself in the graveyard, and wandered through
the mountains. Other people had often tried to chain him up, but he
was so strong that he broke the chains as if they were made of string.
He could be heard crying out, day and night, and he was always cutting
himself with sharp stones. No one dared to go near him.

The madman ran toward Jesus, shouting at him. His words were like
those of the other madman who had interrupted Jesus in the synagogue
service.

"What have I to do with you, Jesus? What have I to do with the Son of
the most high God? Don't torment me!"

Jesus said to him, "What is your name?"

The man answered: "My name is Legion. There's a whole legion of devils
inside me!"

The disciples were meanwhile listening in horror. There was something
evil in this man, something as dreadful as the storm of the night
before. They heard Jesus say: "Come out of the man!" Then they seemed
to hear many Voices crying out, and calling to Jesus, and pleading
with him. And they heard Jesus say, "Go!"

The wild look left the man's eyes. And at that very moment the pigs
went wild. The man was in his right mind now, but it seemed as though
the pigs had gone crazy. With a great snorting and squealing they ran
to the cliff and plunged into the sea.

After that everything was quiet. It was as quiet as it had been when
Jesus stilled the storm. The evil thing was gone. The morning sun was
shining brightly on a peaceful countryside. There was nothing dreadful
any more.

But what they had seen was too much for the men who had been feeding
the pigs. As fast as their legs would take them they ran to the
nearest town and told everybody what had happened. The people came
flocking out of the town to see for themselves. When they came they
found the madman sitting there talking to Jesus. He had put on his
clothes, and he was just as sensible as anybody else.

The people had been terribly afraid of the madman, but now they were
afraid of Jesus. They had tied this man up with chains, and still they
could not hold him. Yet here was a stranger from Galilee who cured the
madman wi