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Matthew 8:31
So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
Matthew 8:31 · Webster Bible
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Matthew 8:31 in other translations
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
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In context
28 And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we [to do] with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine, feeding.
31 So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
32 And he said to them, Go. And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine: and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
33 And they that kept them, fled, and went into the city, and told every thing; and what had befallen to the possessed with demons.
34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their borders.
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