Matthew 8:31 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³¹ So, the evil spirits [in one of the men. See Mark 5:1ff] begged Jesus, saying, “If you are going to drive us out [of this man], send us away into that herd of [wild (?)] hogs.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

Common English Bible

³¹ The demons pleaded with him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Then the demons petitioned him, saying: "If you cast us from here, send us into the herd of swine."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

Matthew 8:31 Cross References

Matthew 4:24

The news [of what Jesus was doing] spread all over [the country of] Syria and they brought to Him all those who were sick, stricken with various diseases and pains, dominated by evil spirits, and afflicted with seizures and paralysis, and He healed them [all].

Matthew 7:6

“Do not offer sacred things to dogs, and do not throw your pearls in front of [wild] pigs [i.e., to those who will not appreciate them], because they will probably trample on them with their feet and then turn around and attack you.

Matthew 8:30

Now a large herd of [wild] hogs [i.e., about 2000 of them. See Mark 5:13] was grazing some distance away from them.

Matthew 8:32

Jesus replied to them, “Go [ahead].” And they came out [of the man] and entered the hogs, and suddenly the entire herd rushed down the cliff into the lake and drowned in the water [below].

Mark 5:12

The evil spirits begged Him, saying; “Send us into those hogs, so we can enter their bodies.”

Mark 5:7

And shouting with a loud voice, he said, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, in God’s name, do not torture me.”

Revelation 12:12

So, rejoice, you heavens and you who live there. It is too bad for the earth and for the ocean, because the devil has gone down to you with great rage, knowing that he has [only] a short time left.”