Mark 5:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ Now there on the hillside a great herd of swine was feeding,

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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

Luke 8:32

Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding, and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.

Matthew 8:30

Now a large herd of swine was feeding at some distance from them.

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human, whoever sacrifices a lamb like one who breaks a dog’s neck, whoever presents a grain offering like one who offers pig’s blood, whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense like one who blesses an idol. Just as these have chosen their own ways and in their abominations they take delight,

Isaiah 65:4

who sit inside tombs and spend the night in secret places; who eat the flesh of pigs, with broth of abominable things in their vessels;

Deuteronomy 14:8

And the pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. You shall not eat their meat, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

Matthew 7:6

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

Mark 5:10

He begged him earnestly not to send them out of the region.

Mark 5:12

and the unclean spirits begged him, “Send us into the swine; let us enter them.”