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


In Context

28 When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

29 "What do you want with us, Son of God?" they shouted. "Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?"

30 Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.

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

32 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.

33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.

Matthew 8:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.