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Matthew 8:31

American Standard Version

And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

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Matthew 8:31 in other translations

The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”

Matthew 8:31 · World English Bible

Matthew 8:31 in context

  1. 29And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
  2. 30Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.
  3. 31And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.
  4. 32And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.
  5. 33And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what was befallen to them that were possessed with demons.