Matthew 8:31 - Revised Version 1885

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

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

And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with devils, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, lest haply they trample them under their feet, and turn and rend you.

Matthew 8:30

Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding.

Matthew 8:32

And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.

Mark 5:12

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

Mark 5:7

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

Revelation 12:12

Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.