Mark 5:11

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 65:4

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

Isaiah 66:3

But those people who kill bulls as a sacrifice to me are like those who kill people. Those who kill sheep as a sacrifice are like those who break the necks of dogs. Those who give me grain offerings are like those who offer me the blood of pigs. Those who burn incense are like those who worship idols. These people choose their own ways, not mine, and they love the terrible things they do.

Matthew 7:6

“Don’t give holy things to dogs, and don’t throw your pearls before pigs. Pigs will only trample on them, and dogs will turn to attack you.

Matthew 8:30

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

Mark 5:10

He begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of that area.

Mark 5:12

The demons begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs; let us go into them.”

Luke 8:32

A large herd of pigs was feeding on a hill, and the demons begged Jesus to allow them to go into the pigs. So Jesus allowed them to do this.

Deuteronomy 14:8

Pigs are also unclean for you; they have split hoofs, but they do not chew the cud. Do not eat their meat or touch their dead bodies.