Matthew 8:31 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³¹ And the demons begged him, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.”

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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

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.

Matthew 8:30

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

Matthew 8:32

And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the swine; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Mark 5:12

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

Mark 5:7

and crying out with a loud voice, he said, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me.”

Revelation 12:12

Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”