12The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them."


In Context

9 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

10 "My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many." And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.

11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside.

12 The demons begged Jesus, "Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them."

13 He gave them permission, and the evil spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened.

Mark 5:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12and they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine that we may enter into them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And they besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12And all the demons besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12All the demons begged him, saying, |Send us into the pigs, that we may enter into them.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:12and all the demons did call upon him, saying, 'Send us to the swine, that into them we may enter;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:12And all the devils sought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.