Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And he healed them.
Matthew 8:31 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘If you drive us out,’ the demons begged him, ‘send us into the herd of pigs.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs. American Standard Version (1901) And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. Common English Bible The demons pleaded with him, “If you throw us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then the demons petitioned him, saying: "If you cast us from here, send us into the herd of swine." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine. |
Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And he healed them.
Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them under their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces.
‘Go! ’ he told them. So when they had come out, they entered the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water.
The demons begged him, ‘Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.’
And he cried out with a loud voice, ‘What do you have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you before God, don’t torment me! ’
Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you with great fury, because he knows his time is short.