“Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may stomp all over them and then turn around and tear you to pieces.
Jesus permitted that, and the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs. There were about 2,000 pigs in the herd. They all rushed down the steep bank, ran into the lake, and drowned.
When they got to Jesus, they found the man who’d been controlled by many demons sitting there quietly. He was now dressed and thinking clearly. All this made the people afraid.