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Luke 8:31
Luke 8:31 is verse 31 of Luke chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
King James Version
And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.
World English Bible
They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.
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Luke 8:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible
29 For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
31 And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
32 There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
33 Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 8:28When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Job 2:5But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
Philippians 2:11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Revelation 9:2The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
Revelation 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
Revelation 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.