Luke 8:32
Good News Translation
There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he let them.

New Revised Standard Version
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.

Contemporary English Version
A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. So the demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and Jesus let them go.

New American Bible
A herd of many swine was feeding there on the hillside, and they pleaded with him to allow them to enter those swine; and he let them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.

there an.

Leviticus 11:7 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud.

Isaiah 65:4 That dwell in sepulchres, and sleep in the temple of idols: that eat swine's flesh, and profane broth is in their vessels.

Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Matthew 8:30-33 And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding. . . .

Mark 5:11-13 And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. . . .

besought.

Job 1:10 Hast thou not made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth?

Psalm 62:11 God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,

John 19:11 Jesus answered: Thou shouldst not have any power against me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore, he that hath delivered me to thee hath the greater sin.

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

he suffered.

1 Kings 22:22 And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit, in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.

Job 1:12 Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

Job 2:6 And the Lord said to Satan: Behold, he is in thy hand, but yet save his life.

Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison and shall go forth and seduce the nations which are over the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog: and shall gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
31And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss. 32And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 33The devils therefore went out of the man and entered into the swine. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were stifled.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:6
Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

Luke 8:31
And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

Luke 8:33
The devils therefore went out of the man and entered into the swine. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and were stifled.

Luke 8:31
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