Luke 8:32

Good News Translation

There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:22

‘How?’ the Lord asked. The spirit replied, ‘I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.’ The Lord said, ‘Go and deceive him. You will succeed.’”

Job 1:10

You have always protected him and his family and everything he owns. You bless everything he does, and you have given him enough cattle to fill the whole country.

Job 1:12

“All right,” the Lord said to Satan, “everything he has is in your power, but you must not hurt Job himself.” So Satan left.

Job 2:6

So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him.”

Psalm 62:11

More than once I have heard God say that power belongs to him

Isaiah 65:4

At night they go to caves and tombs to consult the spirits of the dead. They eat pork and drink broth made from meat offered in pagan sacrifices.

Isaiah 66:3

“The people do as they please. It's all the same to them whether they kill a bull as a sacrifice or sacrifice a human being; whether they sacrifice a lamb or break a dog's neck; whether they present a grain offering or offer pigs' blood; whether they offer incense or pray to an idol. They take pleasure in disgusting ways of worship.

Leviticus 11:7

Do not eat pigs. They must be considered unclean; they have divided hoofs, but do not chew the cud.

Matthew 7:6

“Do not give what is holy to dogs—they will only turn and attack you. Do not throw your pearls in front of pigs—they will only trample them underfoot.

Luke 8:31

The demons begged Jesus not to send them into the abyss.

Luke 8:33

They went out of the man and into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the side of the cliff into the lake and was drowned.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You have authority over me only because it was given to you by God. So the man who handed me over to you is guilty of a worse sin.”

1 John 4:4

But you belong to God, my children, and have defeated the false prophets, because the Spirit who is in you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world.

Revelation 20:7

After the thousand years are over, Satan will be set loose from his prison,