News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralysed; and he healed them.
Matthew 8:31 - New International Version (Anglicised) The demons begged Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, 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. |
News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralysed; and he healed them.
‘Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
He said to them, ‘Go!’ So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.
The demons begged Jesus, ‘Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.’
He shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!’
Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.’