Mark 5:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² The evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And the demons begged Him, saying, Send us to the hogs, that we may go into them!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

Common English Bible

¹² “Send us into the pigs!” they begged. “Let us go into the pigs!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And the spirits entreated him, saying: "Send us into the swine, so that we may enter into them."

Mark 5:12 Cross References

Job 2:5

If you use your power to hurt his body, then he will curse {\cf2\super [6]} you to your face!”

Matthew 4:24

The news about Jesus spread all over Syria. And people brought all the sick people to Jesus. These sick people were suffering from different kinds of diseases and pain. Some people were suffering with very bad pain, some people had demons {\cf2\super [55]} inside them, some people were epileptics, {\cf2\super [56]} and some people were paralyzed (crippled). Jesus healed all these people.

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.

Mark 5:11

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

Mark 5:13

So Jesus allowed them to do this. The evil spirits left the man and went into the pigs. Then the herd of pigs ran down the hill and into the lake. All the pigs were drowned. There were about 2,000 pigs in that herd.

2 Corinthians 2:11

I did this so that Satan (the Devil) would not win anything from us. We know very well what Satan’s plans are.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil is your enemy. And he goes around like a roaring lion looking for some person to eat.