Mark 5:11 - Easy To Read Version

¹¹ A large herd of pigs was eating on a hill near there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Now a great herd of hogs was grazing there on the hillside.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Now there was there on the mountain side a great herd of swine feeding.

Common English Bible

¹¹ A large herd of pigs was feeding on the hillside.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And in that place, near the mountain, there was a great herd of swine, feeding.

Mark 5:11 Cross References

Isaiah 65:4

Those people sit among the graves. They wait to get messages from dead people. They even live among dead bodies. They eat pig meat. Their forks and knives are dirty with rotten meat.

Isaiah 66:3

Some people kill bulls \{as a sacrifice\},\par but they also beat people.\par Those people kill sheep as a sacrifice,\par but they also break the necks of dogs!\par Those people offer up grain offerings,\par but they also offer the blood of pigs! {\cf2\super [475]} \par Those people burn incense, {\cf2\super [476]} \par but they also love their worthless idols. {\cf2\super [477]} \par Those people choose their own ways.\par And they also love their terrible idols.\par

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give holy things to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.

Matthew 8:30

Near that place there was a large herd of pigs feeding.

Mark 5:10

The spirits inside the man begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of that area.

Mark 5:12

The evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.”

Luke 8:32

On that hill there was a big herd of pigs eating. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So Jesus allowed the demons to do this.

Deuteronomy 14:8

And you must not eat pigs. Their hooves are divided, but they don’t chew the cud. So pigs are not a clean food for you. Don’t eat any meat from pigs. Don’t even touch a pig’s dead body.