31So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.


In Context

28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.

33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.

Matthew 8:31 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:31The demons begged Jesus, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31and the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:31And the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31So the demons besought him, saying, If thou expellest us, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31The demons begged him, saying, |If you cast us out, permit us to go away into the herd of pigs.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:31and the demons were calling on him, saying, 'If thou dost cast us forth, permit us to go away to the herd of the swine;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:31So the devils sought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.