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Matthew 8:31
Matthew 8:31 is verse 31 of Matthew chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
King James Version
So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
World English Bible
The demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.”
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Matthew 8:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible
29 “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
30 In the distance a large herd of pigs was feeding.
31 So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
32 “Go!” He told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the waters.
33 Those tending the pigs ran off into the town and reported all this, including the account of the demon-possessed men.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mark 5:7And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
Mark 5:12So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
Luke 8:30“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
Luke 8:31And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss.
Luke 8:32There 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.
Luke 8:33Then 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.
Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
Revelation 20:1Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.