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


In Context

28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.

29 Behold, they cried out, saying, |What do we have to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?|

30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.

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

32 He said to them, |Go!| They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.

33 Those who fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those who were possessed with demons.

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 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 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.