Matthew 8:30

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now at some distance from there a drove of many hogs was grazing.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:3

[The acts of the hypocrite's worship are as abominable to God as if they were offered to idols.] He who kills an ox [then] will be as guilty as if he slew and sacrificed a man; he who sacrifices a lamb or a kid, as if he broke a dog's neck and sacrificed him; he who offers a cereal offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he who burns incense [to God], as if he blessed an idol. [Such people] have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;

Leviticus 11:7

And the swine, because it divides the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you.

Matthew 7:6

Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.

Matthew 8:29

And behold, they shrieked and screamed, What have You to do with us, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come to torment us before the appointed time? [Judg. 11:12; II Sam. 16:10.]

Matthew 8:31

And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs.

Mark 5:11

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

Luke 8:32

Now a great herd of swine was there feeding on the hillside; and [the demons] begged Him to give them leave to enter these. And He allowed them [to do so].

Deuteronomy 14:8

And the swine, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their dead bodies.