Mark 5:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

A large herd of pigs was eating on a hill near there.

Cross References

Luke 8:32

On that hill there was a big herd of pigs eating. The demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So he allowed them to do this.

Matthew 8:30

Near that place there was a large herd of pigs feeding.

Isaiah 66:3

Some people kill bulls as a sacrifice, but they also beat people. They kill sheep as a sacrifice, but they also break the necks of dogs. They offer up grain offerings, but they also offer the blood of pigs. They burn incense, but they also love their worthless idols. They choose their own ways, and they love their terrible idols.

Isaiah 65:4

They sit among the graves, waiting to get messages from the dead. They eat the meat of pigs, and their pots are full of soup made from unclean meat.

Deuteronomy 14:8

And you must not eat pigs. Their hooves are divided, but they don’t chew the cud. So pigs are not a clean food for you. Don’t eat any meat from pigs. Don’t even touch a pig’s dead body.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give something that is holy to dogs. They will only turn and hurt you. And don’t throw your pearls to pigs. They will only step on them.

Mark 5:10

The spirits inside the man begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of that area.

Mark 5:12

The evil spirits begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs. Let us go into them.”