Mark 5:11
Good News Translation
There was a large herd of pigs near by, feeding on a hillside.

New Revised Standard Version
Now there on the hillside a great herd of swine was feeding;

Contemporary English Version
Over on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding.

New American Bible
Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding.

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Leviticus 11:7,8 And the swine, which, though it divideth the hoof, cheweth not the cud. . . .

Deuteronomy 14:8 The swine also, because it divideth the hoof, but cheweth not the cud, shall be unclean, their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

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 And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

Luke 8:32 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.

Context
The Demons and the Pigs
10And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of the country. 11And there was there near the mountain a great herd of swine, feeding. 12And the spirits besought him, saying: Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.…
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.

Mark 5:10
And he besought him much, that he would not drive him away out of the country.

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

Mark 5:10
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