Luke 8:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and Jesus let them go.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:22

“I'll make Ahab's prophets lie to him.” “Good!” the LORD replied. “Now go and do it.”

Job 1:10

“You are like a wall protecting not only him, but his entire family and all his property. You make him successful in whatever he does, and his flocks and herds are everywhere.

Job 1:12

The LORD replied, “All right, Satan, do what you want with anything that belongs to him, but don't harm Job.” Then Satan left.

Job 2:6

“All right!” the LORD replied. “Make Job suffer as much as you want, but just don't kill him.”

Psalm 62:11

I heard God say two things: “I am powerful,

Isaiah 65:4

They spend their nights hiding in burial caves; they eat the meat of pigs, cooked in sauces made of stuff unfit to eat.

Isaiah 66:3

You sacrifice oxen to me, and you commit murder; you sacrifice lambs to me and dogs to other gods; you offer grain to me and pigs' blood to idols; you burn incense to me and praise your idols. You have made your own choice to do these disgusting things that you enjoy so much.

Matthew 7:6

Don't give to dogs what belongs to God. They will only turn and attack you. Don't throw pearls down in front of pigs. They will trample all over them.

Luke 8:31

They begged Jesus not to send them to the deep pit, where they would be punished.

Luke 8:33

Then the demons left the man and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.

John 19:11

Jesus replied, “If God had not given you the power, you couldn't do anything at all to me. But the one who handed me over to you did something even worse.”

1 John 4:4

Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one that is in the world.

Revelation 20:7

At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be set free.