Mark 5:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and they begged him, “Send us to the swine, let us enter them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And the demons begged Him, saying, Send us to the hogs, that we may go into them!

American Standard Version (1901)

And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Common English Bible

“Send us into the pigs!” they begged. “Let us go into the pigs!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the spirits entreated him, saying: "Send us into the swine, so that we may enter into them."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Mark 5:12 Cross References

Job 2:5

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”

Matthew 4:24

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give dogs what is holy; and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot and turn to attack you.

Mark 5:11

Now a great herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside;

Mark 5:13

So he gave them leave. And the unclean spirits came out, and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.

2 Corinthians 2:11

to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.